Amount of Russian firms in ore mining rises by 25% in 2.5 years

MOSCOW, Aug 8 (PRIME) -- The amount of Russian companies that mine ore, sands, and precious metals increased by 25% to 4,120 in July from 3,309 in January 2020, according to Kontur.Focus, an online service for checking one’s counteragents, seen by PRIME on Monday.

The service analyzed the data of the previous couple of months and compared it to the data of the previous year in order to see what business sectors have grown in spite of the COVID restrictions and sanctions, and the mining sector ranked first.

The second best expanding business sector was development of software and IT consulting, with the amount of companies growing by 14% to 146,269 in July 2022 from 128,632 companies in January 2020. The sector of civil engineering ranked third with the amount of companies increasing by 11% to 41,437 units.

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