Kazakhstan: gold mining up in January-November 2018

Kazakhstan’s production of unwrought gold, semi-worked gold or gold in powder form reached 88,491 kg in January-November showing an increase of 14.1% as compared to the same period of 2017, the Statistics Committee of the National Economy Ministry of Kazakhstan reports. In the accounting period production of unwrought silver, semi-worked silver or silver in powder…

Russia: Goldregion gold output down in 2018

Goldregion LLC, developing alluvial gold deposits in Amur region, this year has extracted 64 kg of the precious metal, down by 20% from the target. This year the company has been traditionally washing gold-bearing sands at the Malaya Gelenka Brook. Due to the violations of the environment legislation the operation of the company was suspended…

Ukraine: Vorskla Steel construction postponed

According to the people’s deputy Konstantin Zhevago, controlling Ferrexpo, the construction of the electrometallurgical plant Vorskla Steel near the town of Kremenchug has been postponed for 10 years. The reason is the economical inexpediency of the construction. “The government claimed the gas would be cheap. But now it’s expensive. There is no sense for us…