Russia: Pavlik gold output up in 2019

In 2019 Pavlik gold-extracting company yielded 6.69 tons of gold, up by 2% YoY. In early 2020, the factory produced the 25th ton of gold since the start of the operation. In 2015 Pavlik produced 1.08 tons of gold, in 2016 – 3.83 tons and in 2017 – 6.54 tons. The company processing capacity is…

Russia: gold exports up in 2019

In 2019 gold exports grew 8-fold, to $5.7 billion, with almost everything shipped to the UK. In particular, the United Kingdom purchased $5.33 billion worth of gold, up 12-fold. UK accounted for 93% of all gold exports in 2019. Other 12 countries, including Kazakhstan and Switzerland, purchased $409 million worth of gold. (Ukrainian metal)

Ukraine: coal output down in February 2020

In February, Ukraine produced over 2.55 million tons of coal, down by 0.2% from the target. The Coal Miners Union of Ukraine reported this with a reference to the data provided by the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry. Since the start of the year, coalmining enterprises of all forms of ownership have produced 5,204,410 tons…

Russia: NLMK in Novolipetsk catches fire

Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) caught fire on March 2, an official of the emergency services of the region reported. “A reversing mill was burning on the territory of the metallurgical plant,” the official said, adding that the fire was of the third type of difficulty. As of now, the fire has been extinguished. There…