Russia: gold and silver output down in January-September 2016
In January-September Russia produced 214.12 tons of gold, down by 1.4% YoY. Silver output totaled 800.32 tons, down by 9.4% YoY.
Russia: Kurilgeo expecting 1.6 tons of Urup gold in 2016
Kurilgeo, the sole gold miner in Sakhalin region, plans to mine 1.6 tons of gold at its Urup island deposits. “In January-September we mined 1.2 tons of gold and 3.5 tons of silver, receiving 1.18 tons of gold and 3.42 tons of silver. Our plan is to receive 1.6 tons of gold this year”, a…
Armenia: Kapan MPF mines 181 thousand tons of ore
Since Polymetal Int bought Kapan mining and processing factory in April, it mined 181 thousand tons of ore. According to the company statement, in Q3 it mined 112 thousand tons. Average metal content in ore from May till September totaled 2.3 thousand ounces of gold, 46 million ounces of silver, 0.3% of copper, and 1.6%…
Russia: gold mining at Chukotka down in January-September 2016
In January-September Chukotka mined 22.45 tons of gold, down by 11.52% YoY, while silver output went up by 8.7% YoY, to 125.04 tons. According to the department of industrial policy, construction and housing of the Chukotka Autonomous District, mining companies yielded 20.42 tons of gold, down by 12.3% YoY, while gravel deposits mining dropped by…
Russia: gold mining in Kolyma up in January-September 2016
In January-September Magadan region mined 22.21 tons of gold and 680.08 tons of silver, up by 9.3% and down by 22.18% YoY respectively. In 2015 Kolyma companies mined 24.5 tons of gold and 1127.5 tons of silver, up by 1.5% and 17.3% YoY respectively. This year the local administration expects gold mining to reach 27…
