Russia: GV Gold output up in 2017

Gold output of GV Gold rose by 37% YoY, to 224,500 ounces in 2017, or 5% above the plan due to the launch of the Drazhnoye and Ugakhan deposits and a new dredging unit at the Bolshoi Kuranakh mine, the company said in a statement on February 5. The capacity of company’s processing facilities increased…

Russia: Vysochaishiy allowed to buy Renova gold assets

The Federal Antimonopoly Service has allowed Vysochaishiy to purchase 100% of the Mineraly Kamchatki LLC, which manages gold-extracting assets of Renova. The company manages Zoloto Kamchatki, Interminerals Management LLC, Kamchatka Copper Company LLC, Kamchatskoye Zoloto, Bystrinskaya Mining Company, Ametistovoye and Kamgold. Zoloto Kamchatki owns 9 licenses for gold deposits with the combined reserves of over…

Russia: Electrocable modernizing manufacture for strategic objects

Electrocable has received machinery to modernize manufacture of cable with low gas and fume emission (halogen-free). Its total cost exceeds 73 million rubles. “Today all the strategically important objects, including nuclear power plants, subway, oil and gas infrastructure, as well as hospitals, kindergartens and malls are equipped with fireproof cables. Halogen-free cables do not emit…