Russia: gold output up in January-May 2020

In January-May, Russia increased gold output by 2.83% YoY, to 104.31 tons. In particular, extracted gold amounted to 86.38 tons, up by 6.66%, by-product gold – 6.79 tons, down by 7.62%, and secondary gold – 11.15 tons, up by 14.96%. Silver manufacture decreased by 7.39%, to 355.3 tons, including extracted silver – 175.39 tons, down…

Kazakhstan: gold output up in H1 2020

In January-June, Kazakhstan extracted 11.4 million tons of gold-containing ore, down by 3% YoY. The mining of gold-containing concentrate amounted to 198.5 thousand tons. Production of raw and semi-raw gold, as well as gold powder grew by 11.2%, to 53.5 tons. Refined gold manufacture totaled 30.4 tons. Tau-Ken Samruk produced 7 tons of gold. This…