Armenia: NGOs urge EBRD to drop Amulsar support

Around a dozen Armenian civil society organizations have sent an open letter to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), expressing strong concern over the financing of the Amulsar gold mine project. They reminded the EBRD that it had adopted principles of environmental and social responsibility, meant to exclude investments harmful to people, nature…

Kyrgyzstan: first gold exported to Malaysia

Gold from Kyrgyzstan was sold to Malaysia for the first time, materials of the National Statistical Committee showed. According to its data, 50 kilograms of Kyrgyz precious metal were sold to this country for the first time. In the first five months of 2025, gold from Kyrgyzstan was exported to Great Britain, Switzerland and Turkey.…