In January Irkutsk region mined 1354.5 kg of gold, up by 7.5% YoY. At present only ore gold is extracted in the region. The gold-washing season will start in May. In January 4 companies mined for gold in the region – Vysochaishiy, Ugakhan, Polyus Verninskoye and Druza LLC. The main volume was provided by Polyus…
In 2018 Ukraine decreased the output of semi-wrought gold by 61.5% YoY, to 5 kg. Unwrought silver (or powder) output also decreased – by 32.4%, to 1527 kg. Semi-wrought silver manufacture fell by 50.2%, to 495 kg. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 the Republic of Buryatia mined 5246.4 kg of gold, down by 7.5% YoY. The output volumes are gradually decreasing. In 2017 gold output was 5680 kg, in 2016 – 5891 kg and in 2015 – 6447 kg. Ore gold mining dropped by 19.3%, to 3245.1 kg. At the same time alluvial gold output…
This year TBEA (China) intends to start developing the gold mine Verkhiy Kumarg. The right to develop the deposit was granted to the company so that it returned investments in the construction of a heat and power plant in Dushanbe. The total cost of construction was $349 million, of which $17.4 million was the investment…
In 2018 Vysochaishiy mined the record volume of gold – 304.3 thousand ounces, up by 36% YoY. New objects, commissioned last year, improved the output results, in particular, Taryn in the Republic of Sakha and Ugakhan in Irkutsk region. They yielded 55 thousand ounces and 56.9 thousand ounces respectively. Another gold-mining record was set at…
In January-November 2018 Russia produced 290.3 tons of gold, up by 2% YoY. Mined gold output grew by 4%, to 243.89 tons. The manufacture of secondary and associated gold fell by 10%, to 14.43 tons and by 4%, to 31.98 tons respectively. Silver output grew by 8%, to 1 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Centerra Gold Inc., at the request of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, agreed to extend the First Longstop Date under the Strategic Agreement for Environmental Protection and Investment Promotion previously entered into with the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on September 11, 2017, Centerra Gold Inc. reported. It is noted that the company and…
Lydian Armenia CJSC (“Lydian Armenia”) has received formal notification from the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia that pursuant to the criminal investigation into alleged withholding of information by employees of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, an international consultancy group, Earth Link, and Advanced Resources Development (“ELARD”) has been selected to review all subject…
