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 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)
In 2018 the largest gold extractor of Kamchatka region – Ametistovoye – produced 3105 kg of gold and 11.4 tons of silver, down by 29% and by 20% YoY respectively. The decrease in the output is not explained. This year the company intends to start constructing a mine at the Ametistovoye gold deposit. The license…
In 2024 the government of Russia expects the gold output to increase by 12.3% compared to 2018 (287.3 tons). Such indexes are set in the strategy of the mineral and raw material base development until 2035. In 2024 gold output is expected to hit 322.6 tons. Thus, annually gold extraction has to increase by 6…
According to preliminary estimates, in 2018 Kamchatka region extracted 5432,2 kg of gold, down by 20% YoY. Ore gold accounted for 5386 kg, down by 20%, and the rest (4.61 kg) for alluvial gold (down by 74%). Silver output decreased by 8.6%, to 16.2 tons. 10 companies were developing gold and silver deposits last year.…
In 2018 Kazakhstan produced 97.429 tons of gold, up by 14.2% YoY. According to the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of the National Economy, silver output dropped by 8.6%, to 968.941 tons. (Ukrainian metal)
A processing factory will be built on the basis of the Vertikalnoye mining enterprise in Yakutia. Its processing capacity will be 110 thousand tons of ore per year. The factory will be producing silver cathode deposit. (Ukrainian metal)
Companies located in Magadan region produced 36.8 tons of gold in 2018, a record for the past 20 years, as the Natalka field of gold producer Polyus reached its projected capacity, the region’s government said in a statement on January 16. Lode gold output in the region amounted to 18.9 tons, and alluvial gold production…