In January-September Kazakhstan produced 62,697 kg of unwrought gold, up by 16.3% YoY. According to the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy, production of unwrought silver in the reporting period amounted to 792,535 kg, down by 12.5% from January-September of 2016. (Kazinform/Ukrainian metal)
In January-July Russia produced 157.19 tons of gold (145.95 tons in 2016), including 126.39 tons of mined gold (117.76 tons), 10.41 tons of accompanying gold (8.46 tons) and 20.39 tons of secondary gold (19.73 tons). Silver output totaled 593.19 tons (581.07 tons), including 268.25 tons of mined silver (291.74 tons), 196.84 tons of accompanying silver…
In January-September Khabarovsk krai obtained 17.588 tons of gold, up by 19.1% YoY. In particular, ore gold amounted to 13.891 tons, and alluvial gold – 3.696 tons. Silver output totaled 47.282 tons, up by 41.8%. Gold output increase was due to Svetloye LLC (Polymetal), Mnogovershinnoye (Rusdragmet LLC) and Amur Zoloto (Russian Platinum). Okhotskaya Mining and…
Russian Platinum has postponed the start of the Jerui deposits development for 2 years. According to the license, this year a gold-extracting factory should have started operation at the site. But Russian Platinum just starts preparation works. For the delay the company will be fined $100 thousand each month. Jerui was supposed to yield some…
Odina is completing its mining of gold at Shugnov deposits. The gold-bearing ore reserves on the site are running low, and the company hopes to obtain licenses to develop new deposits. In 2005 Odina, one of the few companies to operate solely on investments from Tajik business, received a license to develop Shugnov deposits with…
In January-September Chukotka Autonomous District obtained 19.88 tons of gold, including 17.59 tons of ore gold and 2.28 tons of alluvial, down by 11.5% YoY. Silver output dropped by 21%, to 99.28 tons. The decrease in output has to do with the drop in Kinross Gold operations. In particular, the Chukotka Mining and Prospecting Company…
In January-September Magadan region obtained 25.6 tons of gold, up by 15.3% YoY, or by 3.4 tons. Silver output totaled 577 tons. Major gold-mining companies increase capacities, and at the same time alluvial gold output is kept on the same level. This year the region has to obtain 30-31 tons of gold. In 2016 Magadan…
In January-September Amur region yielded 20213 kg of gold, up by 19.7% YoY. In particular, the region obtained 13499 kg of ore gold and 6714 kg of alluvial gold. In January-September 2016 Amur region yielded 16887 kg of gold, including 5872 of alluvial and 11012 kg of ore gold. The main contributors to the output…
