Russia: gold output up in H1 2020

Russia’s gold output rose by 2% YoY, to 138.1 tons in January-June, the Finance Ministry said quoting supplies to the refining plants. Mined gold output rose by 5.3%, to 116.38 tons, while by-product gold output decreased by 10.9%, to 8.27 tons, and production of gold scrap fell 1by 3.3%, to 13.45 tons. Russia’s silver output…