In Q1 Khabarovsk region obtained 3519.6 kg of ore gold and 12.8 tons of silver, up by 8.4%, but down by 5.5% YoY respectively. This year the region intends to yield 23450 kg of gold, up by 1.3% YoY. Alluvial gold season will start in May, so at present only ore gold is mined. Last…
As of April 1, the gold-extracting companies of Magadan region mined 3933 kg of ore gold, with 1417 kg obtained in March. Silver output in three months totaled 163.9 tons. Gold mining increased by 11% YoY, while that of silver dropped by 8.3%. The decrease has to do with the scheduled drop of output at…
In January-March Chukotka yielded 5.323 tons of gold, down by 5% YoY. Silver output totaled 27.5 tons. Chukotka Mining and Geological Company, a part of Kinross Gold, was the leader in gold mining, having obtained 2.408 tons, up by 86.9 kg YoY. Silver output reached 24.586 tons. Rudnik Karalveyem (Auramine Resources) mined 403.8 kg of…
In January-February Russia increased raw and semi-raw platinum output by 5% YoY, and silver – by 48%.
According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, in February platinum output grew by 3% YoY, and silver – by 3.3%.
As to January platinum manufacture increased by 56.9% and silver – by 51.3%. (Ukrainian metal)
The project on the development of the Durminskoye gold-silver deposits will require 3 billion rubles. “We are prepared to start developing the site this year. But now the issue of financing is critical. We’re negotiating with a potential investor”, the Eastern Mining-Ore Company LLC CEO Anatoly Petukhov said. By 2018 the company has carried out…
As of March 1, Magadan region obtained 2516 kg of gold, up by 18% YoY. At present only ore gold is mined. Alluvial season will start in May. Silver output so far has totaled 101.2 tons, down by 13.7% YoY. The decrease, seen since last year, has to do with the scheduled drop in output…
In January and February Kazakhstan’s production of raw gold and semi-processed gold, or in powder form, increased by 4.7% YoY and amounted to 13,562 kg. According to the Statistics Committee of the Kazakh Ministry of National Economy, in the accounting period the production of raw silver and semi-processed silver, or in powder form, equaled 151,425…
In January-February Chukotka Autonomous District obtained 3.425 tons of gold, down by 4% YoY. Silver output dropped by 13%, to 19.546 tons. In January gold output in the district decreased by 7.3%, and silver – by 20%. 2 Kinross Gold companies, a Polymetal Company, as well as Rudnik Karalveem LLC and Rudnik Valunisty LLC mine…
In January Kazakhstan’s production of raw gold and semi-processed gold, or in powder form, increased by 8.7% YoY and amounted to 5,978 kg. According to the Statistics Committee of the Kazakh Ministry of National Economy, in the reporting period the production of raw silver and semi-processed silver, or in powder form, was equal to 59,644…
Polymetal International plc has concluded an agreement on increasing its share in the Prognoz silver deposits to 50% by acquiring 45% for $72 million to be paid in Polymetal shares. Prognoz is the largest undeveloped deposit of primary silver in Eurasia. Its resources are estimated at 292 million ounces of silver with the content of…
In January the Zabaykalye region mined 281.7 kg of ore gold, up by 3.5% YoY. As of February 1, Mangazeya Mining LLC, Darkhan LLC and Novoshirokinsky Mine have been mining for gold. Silver output reached 1200 kg. Only Novoshirokinsky Mine extracts silver. In 2017 the region obtained 13 tons of gold and over 40 tons…
In 2017 Russia obtained 306.9 tons of gold, up by 6.3% YoY. According to the Ministry of Finances press-service, mined gold output totaled 253.9 tons (237.8 tons in 2016), by-product gold – 16.4 tons (15.3 tons) and secondary gold – 36.6 tons (35.4 tons). Silver output in 2017 decreased by 4% YoY, to 1.044 million…
The mining of lead and zinc ores at the Pavlovskoye deposits in Novaya Zemlya is expected to begin in 2023. According to the Arkhangelsk region governor Igor Orlov, prospecting in the area was completed in 2017. The State commission on natural resources believes that the reserves of the Novaya Zemlya are over 47 million tons…
As of February 1 Magadan region mined 1317.4 kg of gold and 51.6 tons of silver. According to the regional ministry of natural resources, gold output grew by 41.5% YoY, or by 386.6 kg. At the same time silver mining decreased by 14.6%, or by 8.8 tons. The decrease has to do with the scheduled…
Russia’s gold output increased by 6.4% YoY, to 306.9 tons in 2017, the Finance Ministry said in a statement on February 13 with data on supplies of the metal to gold refining plants. Mined gold output rose by 6.8%, to 253.9 tons, by-product gold output increased by 7.2%, to 16.4 tons, and gold scrap production…
In January Chukotka Autonomous District mined 1.755 tons of ore gold, down by 7.3% YoY. 5 companies mine for ore gold in the district: 2 of Kinross Gold, Mayskoye LLC, Rudnik Karalveyem and Rudnik Valunisty LLC. Alluvial gold season has not started yet – it is expected to commence in April-May. Silver output dropped us…
This year Yakutia will increase silver output 2.5-fold YoY, to 80 tons.
In 2017 silver output exceeded the target by 26.7%.
Last year gold-extracting companies obtained 24.8 tons, up by 2.8% YoY. Ore gold mining grew by 10.3%, to 14.6 tons, while that of alluvial decreased by 6.3%, to 10.2 tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2017 Russia increased gold output by 7.9% YoY.
According to the Rosstat, silver production dropped by 0.6%.
In December 2017 gold output grew by 1.3% YoY, while silver – fell by 4.6%.
At the same time gold output growth was 2.5% MoM and silver – 45.7%. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2017 Kazakhstan produced 85029 kg of gold, up by 13.8% YoY.
According to the Ministry of the national economy, silver output dropped by 10.8%, to 1058605 kg. (Ukrainian metal)
Kanchalano-Amguemskaya Ploschad LLC has begun industrial gold-extracting at the Gorniy site of the Zhilnoye deposits in Chukotka. The first ore has been sent to the gold-extracting factory of the Valunisty mine, and the first ingots are expected this month. By the end of the second quarter the company intends to have obtained 505 kg of…
Serebro Magadana, a part of Polymetal, has started processing ore from the Verkhne-Menkeche deposits. So far the gold-extracting factory has received 350 tons of ore. This ore contains 900-1600 grams of silver per ton, as well as lead, zinc and some other minerals. There is no gold in it. The factory plans to process 45…
In 2017 Chukotka region yielded 25.348 tons of gold, down by 13.14% YoY. Silver output dropped by 19.59%, to 130.839 tons. Alluvial gold output reached 2327.35 kg, up by 9.5% YoY. Ore gold extracting decreased by 14.92% YoY, to 23.021 tons, mostly because of the thinning of reserves. Last year the regional authorities expected gold…
Ukraine has retained the zero quota on gold, silver, precious metals wastes and scrap exports for 2018.
The corresponding norm is contained in the Cabinet of Ministers decree dated December 20 and published in the state newspaper Uryadovy Courier on December 23. (Ukrainian metal)
Silver Bear Resources Plc has increased the resources of its Vertikalnoye deposits in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) to 1.8 million ounces of silver. The resources have been moved to the Measured and Indicated category with the silver content of 1572 g per ton. At present the company is storing ore to start silver manufacture…
In January-November gold output in Russia increased by 8.5% YoY. At the same time, according to Rosstat, silver output decreased by 0.1%. In November gold output went up by 9.7% YoY, but dropped by 17.4% MoM, while that of silver decreased by 23.7% YoY and by 18.1% MoM. Gold-containing ore mining in 11 months increased…
Azerbaijan, one of the richest in precious metals deposits countries in Eurasia, has increased gold and silver mining. The country produced 5,669 kg of gold in January-November, up 3.2-fold YoY. The State Statistics Committee reported that the extraction of silver increased by 67.9%, amounting to 566.800 kg. The stocks of finished goods, as of December…