In January-March Buryatia obtained 0.86 tons of gold, up by 21.5% YoY, Zapadnaya artel LLC (Zapadnaya Mining) operated at the Kedrovoe deposits, and Buryatzoloto (a part of Nordgold) at the Irokinda and Kholbinsky mines. This year Buryatzoloto intends to invest 607 million rubles in drilling at its mines. Balance reserves of the deposits are estimated…
In 2019 the Bakyrchik Mining Enterprise LLC, a part of Polymetal, intends to reach the full capacity and yield up to 10.5 tons of gold per year at the Bakyrchik deposits. The factory will be put into operation in 2 months. Investments in the construction totaled $322 million. (Ukrainian metal)
A criminal case was instituted on the illegal issue of a permit for construction of a factory in the territory of the goldmine plant Makmalzoloto, the press center of the State Committee for National Security reported. The Corruption Control Service of the State Committee for National Security detected a violation of the legislation of the…
Gold mining company Nordgold, controlled by Russian businessman Alexei Mordashov, has launched construction of a processing plant – the key facility of the Gross gold mine in the republic of Yakutia, the company said in a statement on April 19. The plan’s projected processing capacity is 12 million tons of ore per year. The company…
The State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use announced an auction for the right to explore geologically a placer gold deposit in Naryn region. At-Bashi 1 deposit is located in At-Bashi district of the region. In 1937 Tajikzoloto trust started prospecting works there. They were resumed in 1943. In the 1980s searches in this…
In January-March Russia decreased output of raw and semi-refined gold, or gold powder by 1.6% YoY. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics (Rosstat), in March gold output dropped by 7.1% YoY, but increased by 1.7% MoM. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-March Priisk Solovievsky mined 220 kg of gold in Amur region, down by 13.6% YoY. All the gold was obtained from the Solovievskoye deposits. This year the company intends to have mined 1 ton of gold there. Thus, so far the company annual target is 22% fulfilled. Alluvial gold extraction will start in the…
In January-March Poluys increased gold output by 13% YoY, to 507 thousand ounces. At the same time the output dropped from 580 thousand ounces in October-December 2017 due to the decrease in alluvial manufacture. Ore output reached 8.821 million tons, down by 12% QoQ, but up by 2% YoY. Sales revenue totaled $608 million, down…