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…
Russian gold producer GV Gold aims to be ready to hold an initial public offering (IPO) by spring 2018 but would not necessarily go ahead with a listing at that time, CEO German Pikhoya declared. GV Gold, a privately held firm whose shareholders include U.S. fund BlackRock, has repeatedly delayed plans for the IPO that…
Several dozen workers of a Siberian gold mine belonging to gold producer Uzhuralzoloto agreed to end their strike after a promise to increase wages, a Labor Ministry official said on May 18. “A decision to raise coefficients from 0.3 to 0.7 to rippers and to 0.5 to time workers was taken during negotiations with the…
In January-April Azerbaijan produced 372.1 kg of gold, down by 37.7% YoY. According to the State Statistics Committee, as of May 1 gold stocks reached 3.4 kg. Azerbaijan also produced 109.7 kg of silver, down by 5.7% YoY. As of May 1 silver stocks were 15.9 kg. (Ukrainian metal)
Gold mining companies of Amur region obtained 6.182 tons of gold in January-April. Ore gold constituted the main share. Only Priisk Solovievsky has started obtaining alluvial gold. “We see a positive dynamics this year. Gold output has increased by 1.2 tons YoY. The growth has been provided by Petropavlovsk state enterprise mines Pokrovsky, Pioneer, Malomyr…