Armenia: re-launch of Teghut mine possible

The Teghut mine might get re-launched, according to Minister of Economic Development and Investments Tigran Khachatryan. When asked about the chances of Teghut resuming operations, the minister said: “Yes, there is hope, nothing is hindering them to start restoration works after clarifying their relations with the bank,” he said. In 2017, Teghut produced and exported…

Kazakhstan: copper ore mining up in 2018

Over the past year, mining of copper ore rose by 8.2% YoY, to 103.2 million tons. The country produced 12.9 million tons of copper concentrates (+15.7%), 4.8 million tons of copper-zinc ores (-4.2%), and 580.6 thousand tons of copper in copper concentrate (+15.5%). The main copper ore miners are East Kazakhstan (37% of the total…