Gold production in Russia increased in January-May 2016 by 4.45% compared with the same period of the previous year - up to 86.7 tons from 83.01 tons, reported the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation with reference to data on the supply of raw materials to the Russian refiners.
Refining gold production according to Ministry of Finance, tons:
Jan-May '16 |
Jan-May'15 |
% |
2015 |
|
Extraction |
66.31 |
62.67 |
+5.81 |
234.240 |
Byproduct production |
6.08 |
6.83 |
-10.89 |
16.970 |
Scrap (waste) |
14.31 |
13.51 |
+5.92 |
38.260 |
TOTAL: |
86.70 |
83.01 |
+4.45 |
28.9470 |
Silver production in Russia in January-May decreased by 9.46%, to 372.81 tonsfrom 411.77 tons in the same period of the previous year, including extraction - 196.75 tons against 223.4 tons,byproduct - 88, 48 tons (111.81 tons in January-May 2015), scrap - 87.57 tons (76.56 tons in January-May 2015).
Gold production in the Russian Federation, kg:
January-May'16 |
January-May'15 |
% |
|
Krasnoyarsk Krai |
18426.183 |
17930.66 |
+2.76 |
Chukotka |
10108.872 |
9389.05 |
+7.67 |
Amur region |
6718.465 |
8678.84 |
-22.59 |
Irkutsk region |
5874.059 |
5062.14 |
+16.04 |
Khabarovsk region |
5463.891 |
5327.32 |
+2.56 |
Magadan Region |
4061.033 |
2851.34 |
+42.43 |
The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) |
3634.174 |
3556.52 |
+2.18 |
Kamchatka Krai |
2926.747 |
1352.14 |
+116.45 |
Chelyabinsk region |
2204.552 |
2014.20 |
+9.45 |
Sverdlovsk region |
1894.900 |
2228.15 |
-14.96 |
The Republic of Buryatia |
1771.602 |
1732.67 |
+2.25 |
Transbaikal Krai |
1306.710 |
771.29 |
+69.42 |
Sakhalin region |
546.595 |
621.78 |
-12.09 |
Tyva Republic |
485.186 |
330.42 |
+46.84 |
The Republic of Khakassia |
341.771 |
297.98 |
+14.70 |
Kemerovo region |
183.194 |
155.27 |
+17.98 |
Altai Krai |
160.612 |
207.92 |
-22.75 |
Novosibirsk region |
48.518 |
71.74 |
-32.37 |
For the first time,the Ministry of Finance gave the statistics of precious metal mining in Russia by the end of 2014. The Office does not provide data for the production of gold concentrate that is manufactured for export and does not supplied to the refineries of the Russian Federation. According to the Ministry of Finance, gold production in Russia in 2015 amounted to 289.47 tons.
Source: Economical Information Agency «PRIME» http://gold.1prime.ru