Ukraine: EMSS passes ecology audit

Energomashspetsstal has successfully passed a re-certification audit of its ecological management system for the correspondence to the ISO 14001 standard. The inspection was carried out by QSCert-Ukraine B.V. The company has recommended certifying the EMSS system for three years. EMSS has been using the ISO 14001 ecology management system since 2010. (Ukrainian metal)

Russia: gold output down in Q1 2021

In January-March, Russia produced 46.85 tons of gold, down by 2.58% YoY. Auxiliary gold output dropped by 12.16%, to 3.8 tons, gold extracted from scrap and waste – by 12.14%, to 7.36 tons, and gold in concentrate – by 27.1%, to 2.96 tons. Polyus yielded 18.4 tons of gold. Mangazeya Mining increased output by 452%,…