In January-June Zabaikalye region obtained 28293 tons of lead, up by 7% YoY, with 6971 tons yielded in June. Zinc output grew by 5%, to 12970 tons, with 2800 tons produced in June. Last year the region produced 61361 tons of lead and 43018 tons of zinc, up by 13.2% and 75% YoY respectively. (Ukrainian…
In January-March Zabaikalye region mined 18322 tons of lead and 10935 tons of zinc, up by 1.6% and by 21.7% YoY respectively. Two companies mine for lead and zinc ores in the region – Novo-Shirokinsky Mine and Baikalrud LLC. Last year the former produced 3976 tons of lead and 6718 tons of zinc, while the…
In January zinc ore mining dropped by 19.6% YoY, to 39.5 thousand tons. Zinc concentrate output totaled 19.6 thousand tons, down by 22.5%. Lead-zinc ore mining also decreased – by 21.7%. And only copper-zinc ores output grew by 7.7%. Similar trend was observed in previous years as well. In 2016 Kazakhstan mined 324.8 thousand tons…
In January Zabaykalye region decreased lead output by 4% and zinc – by 3% YoY, while tungsten concentrate output dropped by 37%. As of February 1, the region yielded 87.8 tons of tungsten concentrate. Only Novoorlovsky GOK is mining for the concentrate at present. Lead and zinc output reached 4400 and 2580 tons respectively. Last…
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…
The prospecting of copper ore deposits on the Novopetrovskoye field in the Republic of Bashkortostan is complete. According to the inspection, the deposits have the reserves of 387 thousand tons of R1 copper with the average content of 1.44%, 151 thousand tons of R2 copper (1.28%), 638 thousand tons of R1 zinc (2.37%) and 268…
By the end of the year Central Asia Metals intends to have concluded the deal on buying 100% of Lynx Resources Limited, which owns zinc-lead-silver deposits SASA in Macedonia. The deal is estimated at $402.5 million. In H1 SASA yielded 391 thousand tons of ore, producing 10.7 thousand tons of zinc and 14.9 thousand tons…
According to the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of national economy, in January-June Kazakhstan increased copper cathode manufacture by 5.4% YoY. Raw zinc output decreased by 0.5%. KAZ Minerals and KazZinc contributed the most to the output. (Ukrainian metal)