Armenia: subsidies boost metal production

Companies operating in Armenia will receive preferential conditions for producing metal items from local raw materials, including molds and semi-finished products. According to a decision adopted at a government session, enterprises engaged in such production will be eligible for a 10% subsidy on industrial loans. In recent years, the country’s metallurgical sector has developed based…

Kazakhstan: Kazatomprom chairman meets with Tokayev

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held a meeting with Chairman of Kazatomprom Meirzhan Yussupov, during which the company’s new development strategy for 2025-2034 was presented. During the meeting, President Tokayev was briefed about Kazatomprom’s operating outcomes for 2024 as well as its short- and medium-term objectives and plans. Kazatomprom’s uranium production stood at more than 23,000…

Kyrgyzstan: gold exports down in January 2025

In January, Kyrgyzstan exported 372.6 kilograms of gold worth $31.2 million, the National Statistical Committee reported. The primary buyer of the precious metal remained the United Kingdom, which received 372 kilograms of gold during this period. A small additional shipment was exported to Turkey. Compared to the same period last year, gold exports have declined…

Ukraine: Samsonivska-Zakhidna mine to be liquidated

The Samsonivska-Zakhidna mine, which until 2014 was considered the “mine of the future”, is in the critical condition, the chairman of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration Artem Lysohor has said. After the occupation, the enterprise, located near Otamanivka, was given to a Russian investor for a symbolic price. Despite the previous promises of large-scale development,…