The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development investment in a controversial $400-million gold mine in Armenia is to end, a new assessment by the bank’s complaint body states. For the past two years, Lydian International’s Amulsar gold mining project in southern Armenia has been under blockade by local people and environmental activists, who blocked access…
In January-July, Priisk Solovievskiy increased gold output by 28% YoY, to 1855.1 kg. Alluvial sites and the Solovievskoye deposit in Amur region accounted for the main output. In particular, alluvial sites yielded 1128.7 kg of gold, up by 37% YoY. Output at the Solovievskoye deposit increased by 34%, to 605.3 kg. 121 kg of gold…
Chaarat Gold Holdings Ltd produced 26,960 ounces (more than 764 kg) of gold equivalent at its Kapan mine in during the first half of 2020, and expects to produce 55,000 ounces (more than 1559 kg) of gold for the year. The company said it also took several steps to help alleviate the impact of coronavirus…
In January-May, Russia increased gold output by 2.83% YoY, to 104.31 tons. In particular, extracted gold amounted to 86.38 tons, up by 6.66%, by-product gold – 6.79 tons, down by 7.62%, and secondary gold – 11.15 tons, up by 14.96%. Silver manufacture decreased by 7.39%, to 355.3 tons, including extracted silver – 175.39 tons, down…
In January-June, Polymetal produced 9.7 tons of gold in Khabarovsk region as opposed to 8.3 tons in H1 2019. In particular, Amur Hydrometallurgical Works (AGMK) increased output by 27%, to 8.1 tons. The works processed 115 thousand tons of concentrate, up by 4%. Raw materials from the Albazinskoye deposit accounted for 79 thousand tons yielding…
The Mangazeia Group of Companies intends until the end of the year to produce up to 500-600 kg of gold at the Nasedkino Mining and Processing Works. The GOK is situated in the Zabaikalye region and is being commissioned. In 2021, the GOK is expected to reach its design capacity of 1million tons of ore…
In January-June, Kazakhstan extracted 11.4 million tons of gold-containing ore, down by 3% YoY. The mining of gold-containing concentrate amounted to 198.5 thousand tons. Production of raw and semi-raw gold, as well as gold powder grew by 11.2%, to 53.5 tons. Refined gold manufacture totaled 30.4 tons. Tau-Ken Samruk produced 7 tons of gold. This…
In January-June, Chukotka extracted 11.5 tons of gold, up by 6.7% YoY. Chukotskaya Mining and Geological Company extracted the most gold – 5.2 tons, as well as 42.8 tons of silver. Rudnik Valunistiy has extracted 588.1 kg of gold and 5.7 tons of silver, while Mayskoye deposit yielded 2.4 tons of gold. Severnoye Zoloto LLC…