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In second quarter of 2021, Anglo Asian Mining produced 695 tonnes of copper, 12,342 ounces of gold and 43,566 ounces of silver at its Gedabek mine in western Azerbaijan. When compared to the gold equivalent production of 14,301 ounces for the corresponding period in 2020, the company’s Q2 2021 total gold equivalent output of 16,740 […]

Uzbekistan’s state-owned mining company Navoi is currently preparing its gold business for the privatization. The company reported that the company’s net profit from gold operations in 2020 of $716.6 million was 209% higher compared to 2019 ($231.6 million). The company’s revenue from gold sales amounted to $4,558 million in 2020. According to the publicly released […]

Last year China turned its back on Australian coal; in October, customs officials in China began rejecting shipments of coking coal from Australia. Beijing claimed the turnbacks were due to “environmental quality” concerns, but the act was largely viewed within the context of the ongoing diplomatic spat between the countries. It proved to be bad […]

Russian mining giant Alrosa produced 7 million carats of diamonds in the second quarter of 2021 – a fall of 8% quarter-on-quarter but a rise of 22% year-on-year, Rough & Polished reports. Alrosa has also reported sales of 11.4 million carats and $1.2 billion in revenue for Q2 2021. Rough sales fell 26% quarter-on-quarter. The […]

Sakhalin Island port town has some 10,000 residents.  On July 14th events moved quickly at the offices of the municipal newspaper; around 10 a.m., two deputy directors of the Eastern Mining Company (VGK), Aleksandr Bosoi and Andrei Motovilov, showed up at the office of newspaper Editor in Chief Zinaida Makarova to discuss “the direction” of […]

Trælen Graphite Mine is part of the Skaland Graphite Operation on the island of Senja, Norway. In March this year, Mineral Commodities began a 17-hole, 3000-metre drilling program to expand the resource down dip. As of June 30, 14 holes were completed and the company expects the program will finish next month. So far, the […]

Bluejay Mining said it had identified five initial drill targets on the Outokumpu Belt in Finland following re-evaluation of all available data. The first stage of the drilling programme would focus on the Haapovaara target, located north of the historical Kylylahti mine, where 1,500 metres of drilling is planned, and the Haaponiemi target, a deep […]

Dalradian’s project at a glance: A world-class gold, silver and copper mine that will boost the economy Creating 1,000 direct and indirect jobs Injecting £750 million into the local supply chain A minimum of £4 million set aside for sustainable community projects Peter McKenna, Dalradian’s community relations manager, says the plans will bring widespread benefits […]

Indicators of possible high gold grades identified at Alba Mineral’s Clogau-St David’s gold mine in Wales. To date, ten holes intersecting the Main Lode Extension have been drilled for 1,475.6 metres as part of the Phase 2 surface drilling at Clogau which started back in April 2021. Phase 2 was designed to confirm the continuity […]

“A large part of the city of Prague was built from the proceeds of gold mining, including some of the buildings of Charles University that still stand today,” says Sarka Jurinova, director of the Regional Museum in Jilove u Prahy, which houses a large exhibition on gold mining. “We’re probably the only museum where your […]