In 2017 Russia obtained 306.9 tons of gold, up by 6.3% YoY. According to the Ministry of Finances press-service, mined gold output totaled 253.9 tons (237.8 tons in 2016), by-product gold – 16.4 tons (15.3 tons) and secondary gold – 36.6 tons (35.4 tons). Silver output in 2017 decreased by 4% YoY, to 1.044 million…
Severo-Kavkazskoye PGO, a part of Russia’s state geological exploration company Rosgeo, has discovered 73.79 tons of inferred gold reserves at the Dakhovskaya area of the Belorechensky structure in the southern republic of Adygeya. According to the company statement on February 14, the project is implemented under a 173.2 million ruble state contract concluded by the…
In 2017 Tajikistan set a new record in gold mining – 5.5 tons, up by 11.2% YoY. All the metal produced was purchased by the National Bank of Tajikistan. In 2016 the bank bought 4 tons of gold. This year gold output is expected to grow by 20% YoY, to 6.6 tons. In the past…
As of February 1 Magadan region mined 1317.4 kg of gold and 51.6 tons of silver. According to the regional ministry of natural resources, gold output grew by 41.5% YoY, or by 386.6 kg. At the same time silver mining decreased by 14.6%, or by 8.8 tons. The decrease has to do with the scheduled…
Russia’s gold output increased by 6.4% YoY, to 306.9 tons in 2017, the Finance Ministry said in a statement on February 13 with data on supplies of the metal to gold refining plants. Mined gold output rose by 6.8%, to 253.9 tons, by-product gold output increased by 7.2%, to 16.4 tons, and gold scrap production…
In January Chukotka Autonomous District mined 1.755 tons of ore gold, down by 7.3% YoY. 5 companies mine for ore gold in the district: 2 of Kinross Gold, Mayskoye LLC, Rudnik Karalveyem and Rudnik Valunisty LLC. Alluvial gold season has not started yet – it is expected to commence in April-May. Silver output dropped us…
This year the Mine named after Matrosov, which develops Natalkinskoye gold-ore deposits in Kolyma, intends to mine 5 tons of gold. Since the beginning of the year the mine has already yielded 260 kg. To meet the target, the enterprise will have to process 9 million tons of ore and 15 million tons of rock.…
Residents of Toguz-Toro district demand to stop construction of a gold processing plant, the head of the staff of the district administration Tabyldy Saminov reported. On February 7 residents of the district held a rally with one demand: to suspend the activities of GL Makmal Developing, which was building the gold processing plant. The protesters…
