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…
