In January-February Irkutsk region yielded 2460.93 kg of gold, including 2460.3 kg of ore gold and 0.63 kg of alluvial gold. The output increased by 33.8% YoY, or by 621.7 kg. Moreover in January-February 2017 alluvial gold was not extracted. Last year the region obtained 22903 kg of gold, including 12115 kg of ore gold…
An An-12 cargo plane carrying some 9 tons of gold has lost a third of its cargo during takeoff from the Yakutsk airport in Eastern Siberia, a local transport police spokesman reported. Earlier reports said that the plane’s cargo hatch was partially torn off by a strong flow of air during takeoff. “A total of…
Prices for the precious metals in Azerbaijan increased on March 14. The cost of gold increased by 14.88 manats (by 0.7%), to 2257,25 manats per troy ounce, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The cost of gold in Azerbaijan over the past 30 days (February 14 – March 14, 2018) decreased from…
In 10 years the consumption of chemical reagents in the Russian gold-extracting industry increased 3-fold, to 210 thousand tons in 2017. At the same time, gold mining increased only 2-fold, to 187 tons. In future the reagents market will be determined by the gold output increase. Sodium cyanide consumption by 2025 could grow to 120…
Gold production at the Kumtor mine in 2017 was 562,749 ounces or 17,503.46 kg, Public Relations Department of Kumtor Gold Company reported. Gold sales in 2017 were 550,134 ounces or 17,111.09 kg with a revenue totaling $685.2 million. According to preliminary reports of the KR National Statistics Committee, Kumtor’s share in KR GDP in 2017…
Belarus and Sudan are considering gold mining in the African country, Head of the Belarus President Property Management Directorate Viktor Sheiman said. “We are considering gold mining in Sudan, supplying our machinery, and setting up joint companies, including agricultural ones,” Viktor Sheiman noted. (BelTA/Ukrainian metal)
In January-February Chukotka Autonomous District obtained 3.425 tons of gold, down by 4% YoY. Silver output dropped by 13%, to 19.546 tons. In January gold output in the district decreased by 7.3%, and silver – by 20%. 2 Kinross Gold companies, a Polymetal Company, as well as Rudnik Karalveem LLC and Rudnik Valunisty LLC mine…
Priisk Solovievskiy, which is extracting gold in Amur region and Zabaykalye territory, intends this year to obtain 3.5 tons of gold. Just like in 2017, this year the company plans to obtain 3.1 tons of gold in Amur region. Zabaykalye territory is projected to supply 400 kg of alluvial gold. In 2017 the company obtained…
