The mining sector is one of the leading sectors in the economy of Azerbaijan. Mining of precious metals, such as gold and silver, successfully expands in its volumes. Gold mining in the country amounted to 2,061 kilograms in January-July, up by 8.7% YoY, the State Statistics Committee said in a message. In July alone 339.8…
In January-June Kurilgeo LLC, developing gold and silver deposits on the island of Urup, increased precious metals output. Thus, the company has extracted 510.6 kg of gold, up by 48% YoY. Silver output increase totaled 63%, to 2371 kg. At the same time ore mining dropped by 16%, to 298.5 thousand tons. Revenue reached 1.474…
Kamchatskoye Zoloto, developing deposits in the Bystrinsky district of Kamchatka region, intends to commission the first stage of the Baranievsky Mine in the second quarter of 2020. The mine is expected to yield 73 thousand tons of ore per year. The second stage, during which the mine will reach the design capacity of 200 thousand…
Russian precious metals producer Polymetal International increased gold production by 35%, to 602 000 ounces, while silver output fell by 14%, to 11 million ounces in January-June, it said in a statement. “We expect our production volumes to be significantly higher in the second half of the year because of a seasonal fall of concentrate…
In 2018 VTB purchased 11.04 tons of gold and 3.42 tons of silver from the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) extractors. To prepare gold-extractors for the 2019 season, the bank has provided 2 billion rubles, up by 18% YoY. This year VTB intends to buy 12 tons of gold and 4 tons of silver. (Ukrainian metal)
The Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of Tajikistan has reported a significant increase in the production of precious metals in the country since the beginning of 2019. According to the source, the gold production in January-May increased by 60.8% YoY. At the same time, silver production increased by 37.6%. However, the ministry and other…
Some 1,395 kilograms of gold were extracted in Azerbaijan in January-May, up by 9.8% YoY, the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee reported. Silver production in Azerbaijan increased by 18.1%. According to the statistics, the total volume of the extracted silver and concentrates reached 1,364 kilograms. Some 805 tons of copper ore and concentrates (+44.9%) were extracted…
In January-March, Russia produced 61.464 tons of gold, up by 13.3% YoY. The Gold Miners’ Union has increased its output forecast for 2019 to 340 tons, up by 3.1%, including 306 tons (+3.6%) of primary gold. Earlier it was expected to obtain 300 tons of primary gold. At the same time, silver output in Q1…