Azerbaijan: AzerGold gets over $20 million from export of gold and silver

Azerbaijan’s AzerGold CJSC sold a batch of gold and silver on the world stock exchange, gaining profit worth $20.905 million (35.6 million manats). “72 gold-silver alloys extracted by AzerGold at the Chovdar mining complex processing gold-bearing ores in Azerbaijan’s Dashkesan district were sent for refining to the world-renowned Argor-Heraeus gold refinery in Switzerland,” AzerGold said…

Russia: Ormet to start mining Luchistoye ore

In the second half of the year Ormet, a part of Russian Copper Company, will start mining for chalcopyrite ores at the Luchistoye deposits in the Orenburg region. The company has already started constructing the quarry with the capacity of 55 thousand tons of ore per year. The deposits reserves are estimated at 112 thousand…

Russia: ZTZ partners with POSCO

Zagorsky Pipe Works and POSCO have become strategic partners. According to ZTZ press-service, the companies have signed an agreement on the delivery of rolled sheet for the manufacture of large diameter pipes. The decision to become partners has been taken after POSCO supplied 10 thousand tons of X70 steel sheets in March-April. ZTZ specialists liked…