U.K.-based mining giant Evraz, which operates mainly in Russia, has resumed operation of the Yesaulskaya coalmine in the Kemerovo region, which was suspended on December 20 after a rockslide, the Energy Ministry said in a statement on December 22. The rockslide occurred in the mine’s blind ventilation drift, and 97 out of 100 miners evacuated…
In January-November gold output in Russia increased by 8.5% YoY. At the same time, according to Rosstat, silver output decreased by 0.1%. In November gold output went up by 9.7% YoY, but dropped by 17.4% MoM, while that of silver decreased by 23.7% YoY and by 18.1% MoM. Gold-containing ore mining in 11 months increased…
On December 19 the terrorist organization of the Luhansk People’s Republic, created and supported by Russia, decided to appoint provisional administration at the Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works. “The decision has been taken due to the transport, power and economic blockade. The AMK idleness results in the negative influence on the machinery, the destruction of…
Resurs LLC plans to construct a gold-extracting plant of heap leaching at the Polyanka deposits in Khabarovsk region. The site with the reserves of 15 tons of gold was discovered in 2014. The company intends to produce 1250 thousand tons of ore, or 1297.5 kg of gold per year. Resurs LLC has already received a…
The government of Tajikistan has postponed the payment of tax debts by the state enterprise Tajik Rare Metals. The debt of over 8.2 million somoni accumulated by January 1, 2017. According to the Ministry of Finances, the total debt of the company as of H2 2016 was 17.6 million somoni. The company was created on…
Dalur is leading among the mining companies of Rosatom in uranium output. According to the company CEO Nikolai Poponin, in 2017 Dalur is expected to produce 592.3 tons of yellow cake, up by 0.1% YoY. The company has drilled 242 shafts and its reserves have increased by 667 tons of uranium. “We have improved the…
Taldinsky coal pit, a part of Kuzbassrazrezugol, has commissioned a new Uralmashzavod excavator. This is the fourth 19-cubic meter Uralmashzavod excavator in the company fleet. The first excavator of the series has been operating for 6 years and so far has dug 32 million cubic meters. This year Kuzbassrazrezugol is expected to spend 11 billion…
Karelsky Okatysh is finishing the modernization of the third stage of the wet magnetic separation. The investment program has been carried out during the year. So far the company has installed 18 separators – two at each of 9 sections. Moreover, two additional machines have been assigned to the first stage of the separation. “All…