U.K.-registered gold producer Petropavlovsk Plc, which operates in Russia, can start paying dividends after 2018, CEO Pavel Maslovsky declared. The company set a condition that dividend payments would start once a debt to EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) ratio is below 2 to 1, in December 2014 during loan refinancing. “Now the…
The licenses of two gold mining companies in Kyrgyzstan were suspended, the State Committee of Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use reported. The license of «Aksyaltyn Gold» LLC, which produces placer gold in Chon-Alai district of Osh region, and the license of «Andash Mining Company» LLC, mining gold in Talas region, were suspended. Licenses of other…
In January one of the leading gold-miners of Irkutsk region – Druza – mined 56.3 kg of gold. At present gold is mined only at the Nevskoye deposits. Operation at other deposits will commence in March. In 2017 the company plans to keep the last year levels of output. In 2016 Druza mined 1130 kg…
In 2016 Yakutia mined 23.653 tons of gold. The annual target was 23.5 tons of gold. The decrease of the target is explained with the planned indexes of local gold-miners. This year Yakutia expects to mine 22-23 tons of gold. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2016 Kazakhstan produced 74.6 tons of unwrought and semi-wrought gold, down by 17.1% YoY. The share of fine gold made more than half (37.7 tons) of the produced precious metals. Kazakhstan has observed intensification of gold production in recent years. In 2013 annual growth made 6.6%, in 2014 – 18% and in 2015 –…
The State Committee on industry, energy and land believes that the ban to export precious metals ore stimulates mining companies to build gold-mining factories in Kyrgyzstan. The Ministry of economy wants to impose an export duty on precious metals ores. But according to the deputy minister Bakkeldi Tyumenbayev, when the country entered the Eurasian Economic…
Investments into the Jerui project will reach 32.6 billion soms in 20 years. In May 2015 the Russian Vostok-geoldobycha won the tender to develop the deposits. In early 2016 the Kyrgyz government said the construction of the gold-mining factory would start in autumn. But the year has passed, and the company was still discussing the…
In January the Makmalzoloto mine yielded 27 kg of gold. According to Kyrgyzaltyn information, this is up by 4.7% from the target. The increase is explained by the partial replacement of machinery at Makmalzoloto. At present the mine has over 1 thousand employees. Makmalzoloto is the largest asset of Kyrgyzaltyn. The deposits grew low 10…
