In 2019, Armenia increased the exports of copper ore by 32.3% YoY, to 562 thousand tons, as opposed to a drop of 13.2% in 2018. According to the Customs Service, in monetary terms exports grew by 19.2%, to $626.6 million. Copper ore was exported to Bulgaria (40.3%), Switzerland (29.8%), China (1.7%), as well as Georgia,…
In January-November the volume of industrial output in Kazakhstan increased by 4.5% YoY, including by 4.7% in mining. Iron ore mining grew by 7.3% due to the increase in the output at Sokolovsko-Sarbaysky Mining and Processing Works. Non-ferrous ores output increased by 3.9%. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-August Kazakhstan mined 28.21 million tons of iron ore, up by 9.7% YoY. According to the Statistics committee of the Ministry of National Economy, copper ore output totaled 68.16 million tons, up by 4.6%, gold-bearing ore – 13.789 million tons, up by 6.8%, and chromium concentrate – 3.24 million tons (+6.2%). (Ukrainian metal)