The development of the Amulsar gold deposits is the largest investment project of Armenia. Total investments in the project will reach some $370 million. 570 builders are involved in the construction work, with 280 being locals. The mine will create 700 jobs. The project started in August 2016, while preliminary work began in 2006. The…
Gold bars of Kara-Balta refinery meet international standards. This is confirmed by a special LBMA certificate issued to the enterprise. As the press service of Kyrgyzaltyn OJSC reported, the refining plant has successfully passed certification according to LBMA standards (London Bullion Market Association). The document confirms that, since 2016, the production at the refinery has…
In January-April gold miners of Khabarovsk Krai yielded 4418.5 kg of gold, up by 0.5 tons of the target. All the gold was obtained from ore deposits. The region has also exceeded silver output – 18180.1 kg instead of 14240 kg planned. According to the local environment ministry, the increase is the result of the…
In January-March Buryatzoloto, a part of Nordgold, sold 1.1 billion rubles worth of gold, down from 2.4 billion rubles in Q1 2016. The company received 734 million rubles of net losses against 147 million rubles of net income last year. According to the company statement, the decrease is connected with the fall in key output.…
According to the minister of natural resources and ecology of the Magadan region Vladimir Mitkin, over 1.7 tons of gold and 38 tons of silver will be mined in Stednekansk district this year. “As of May 1 the district has already mined over 1150 kg of ore gold and around 11 tons of ore silver”,…
In January-April Kazakhstan produced 26772 kg of raw gold, up by 24.5% YoY. According to the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of national economy, raw silver output decreased by 10.1% YoY, to 357310 kg. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-April Russia increased output of raw gold and gold powder by 4.3% YoY. According to the statistics, in April gold output increased by 2.3% YoY, but dropped by 25.3% MoM. (Ukrainian metal)
As of May 6, all the 10 dredgers of the Solovievsky mine have started operating. The largest alluvial gold site in Amur region is in Tyndinsk and Skovorodinsk districts. In January-April the enterprise yielded 392 kg of alluvial and ore gold. The first dredger started operating on March 28. Taking into account weather conditions, so…
