Russia: Yakutia gold companies borrow 2.5 billion rubles from VTB
In 2020, VTB provided 2.5 billion rubles to gold extractors of Yakutia, up by 2% YoY. The volume of precious metals bought in Yakutia grew by 9%, to over 4 tons, including 3.7 tons of gold (+4%) and 0.3 tons of silver (+125%). “In the corona-stricken year of 2020, the prices of gold and other…