Russia: Amur region gold output down in 2018

Last year enterprises extracting gold in Amur region obtained 22.7 tons, down by 12% YoY. Ore gold accounted for 14.1 tons and alluvial gold – for 8.7 tons. The decrease in the output has to do with the drop in the manufacture at Petropavlovsk enterprises and at the Berezitoviy mine (Nordgold). Thus, last year Petropavlovsk…

Russia: NLMK appoints VIZ-Stal CEO

NLMK reports the appointment of Stanislav Olkov the CEO of VIZ-Stal. He has replaced Valeriy Shevelev in this office. Shevelev will focus on a new strategy stage of NLMK Group. The goal of Olkov is to improve product quality and business process efficiency. Stanislav Olkov has been working with VIZ-Stal since 2007. Since 2013 he…