Russia: gold companies’ exports simplified

Gold-extracting companies can obtain a right to receive general license to export gold and silver ingots instead of one-time licenses. The amendments to the legislations have been prepared by the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The ministry believes the current system is slowing the exports down. Unlike general licenses, one-time ones are seriously limited: they…

Russia: Dnepr-Gold exceeds output plan

Since the start of the alluvial season, Dnepr-Gold LLC has extracted 500 kg of gold. The main volume of gold is washed at the sites in Taskan and Burhaky rivers valley. So far the company has exceeded its output target by 16.6%. Initially it was planned to extract 440 kg of gold. Moreover, Priiskatel LLC,…

Russia: gold output up in January-May 2019

In January-May Russia increased gold manufacture by 9.59% YoY, to 101.44 tons. In particular, gold extraction totals 80.99 tons, up by 11.74%, secondary gold – 13.1 tons, down by 4.59%, and auxiliary gold – 7.35 tons, up by 15.93%. Silver output dropped by 9.32%, to 383.654 tons, including 175.39 tons of extracted silver, down by…

Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzaltyn profit up in H1 2019

In January-June the net profit indicators of Kyrgyzaltyn OJSC turned out to be 14 times higher than in 2018, press service of the company reported. The net profit of Kyrgyzaltyn amounted to 119.2 million soms. In 2018 the OJSC earned only 8.5 million soms over the same period. “Such high rates became possible thanks to…