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…

Russia: gold output up in H1 2019

In January-June Russia extracted 142.223 tons of gold, up by 11.41% YoY. The growth is due to the Natalkinskiy Mining and Processing Works in Magadan region reaching its design capacity. Petropavlovsk has commissioned its autoclave manufacture and until the end of the year intends to get 15.5 tons of gold. Russia is expected to produce…