Russian mining news

Far East Antimony Ltd has announced the acquisition of a 100% interest in the Solonechenskoye antimony property, located in the Zabaikalsky Krai region of Far Eastern Russia.

Nornickel has announced that it has restored full ore mining capacity at its Oktyabrsky underground mine.

VGK and BELAZ have discussed the course of testing of an electric dump truck with a carrying capacity of 220 t and recorded further steps on the project.

PAO Buryatzoloto (93%-owned by Nord Gold plc), has announced that it has signed an agreement with Chesio Ltd to sell the mature underground Zun-Holba gold mine in Russia.

A year after the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Benedikt Sobotka, ERG, reflects on the lessons learnt about the role of the mining sector in shaping the global economic landscape post-pandemic.

GV Gold (Vysochaishy, PJSC) has announced its audited IFRS financials for the twelve month period ended 31 December 2020.

Russian OEM KamAZ has launched the first of a new range of dump trucks for the mining sector.

Rajant Corp. has entered into a distribution agreement with CompTek, representing Rajant’s further investment in Eastern Europe and CIS.

Norilsk Nickel will build an enterprise for the production of liquefied natural gas on the territory of the former Nickel Plant, for use in converted dual-fuel consumption mining trucks.

Speedcast International Ltd has launched a high-capacity very small aperture terminal service for Udinsk Gold LLC, a subsidiary of Canadian-based Kinross Gold Corp.