Ukraine: AMKR puts new locomotive “EffiShunter 1600” into operation

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih received and commissioned the first of four EffiShunter 1600 shunting locomotives manufactured by the Czech company CZ Loko. The first machine arrived in Kryvyi Rih in December 2020 and Czech specialists trained the company’s personnel online. Under the contract signed in the summer of 2019, all four EffiShunter 1600 locomotives will be…

Russia: Kamchatka gold output up in 2020

In 2020, Kamchatka Autonomous District increased gold output by 9% YoY, to 6863 kg. 6 enterprises mined gold last year. In particular, the Trevozhnoye Zarevo, developing the Asachinskoye deposit, increased output by 8%, to 1402 kg, and Kamchatskoye Zoloto produced 1049 kg, up by 68%. The output of SiGMA at the Ozernovskoye deposit amounted to…

Ukraine: 7 gold deposits accounted for

Ukraine now has 7 gold ore deposits, 5 of which have special allowances. “The Muzhiyevskoye deposit is already yielding gold”, the State Service of Geology and Subsoil chairman Roman Opimakh has declared. Last year, 8 electronic auctions were announced with 70 lots. 58 special allowances were sold for over 826 million UAH. This year, over…