Ukraine: VostGOK suffers losses from mine stop

The state enterprise Vostochniy Mining and Processing Works has not received 160-180 million UAH of profit because of the halt of Smolinskaya and Ingulskaya mines in Kirovograd region, “It’s been three months since the mines stopped operation and the uranium ore was not mined. According to our preliminary calculations, we have suffered some 160-180 million…

Ukraine: VostGOK uranium licenses prolonged

The State Service of Geology and Subsoil Use has prolonged the Vostochniy Mining and Processing Works licenses for subsoil use. “It took my numerous reminders and a miners march to Kiev for the geology commission to gather and prolong the license to mine uranium ore for VostGOK”, the ecology minister Ostap Semerak said. VostGOK is…