Kyrgyzstan: without investment gold production to decline

Without more investment in the mining industry, mineral production in the Kyrgyz Republic will decline over the next decade, report by the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to improving countries’ governance over their natural resources to promote sustainable and inclusive development, says. As the author of the report “An Economic…

Russia: gold output up in May 2018

Russia’s production of finished, semi-finished, and powdered gold rose by 6% YoY and by 21.5% MoM in May, the Federal State Statistics Service said in a report. In January-May gold production increased by 2.9% YoY. Previously, absolute figures on production of non-ferrous metals were a state secret. The figures are no longer classified, but the…

Kazakhstan: RG Gold increases capacity

In spring RG Gold commissioned the third crushing complex at the Yuzhniy Raigorodok and Severniy Raigorodok in Akmola region. This allowed the company to increase annual ore processing from 1.3 million tons to 2 million tons and produce some 45-50 thousand ounces (1.5 tons) of gold. Investments in the development totaled $6.7 million in 2017-2018,…