Armenia: Zangezursky Copper-Molybdenum Works fined for 380 million drams

The reserves and ore content of the Kadzharan copper-molybdenum deposit have to be reevaluated. According to the Ministry of Environment, last time the reserves were evaluated in 2006. Zangezursky Copper-Molybdenum Works, which is developing the deposit, has not been keeping the annual registry of condition and movement of natural resources. In 2014-2017 the company was…

Russia: zinc shortage to reach 60-80 thousand tons

According to Chelyabinsk Zinc Works commercial department director Alexander Pechenkin, in 2018 the zinc shortage on world market in 2018 was some 348 thousand tons. Its reserves dropped by 143 thousand tons, to 880 thousand tons. This year, compared with 2016, the forecast growth of zinc consumption in Russia will reach 20%. The zinc shortage…