Ministry: Russian gold output rises 16% to 337 tns in Jan–Nov

MOSCOW, Jan 22 (PRIME) -- Russia’s gold output rose 16.18% on the year to 337.26 tonnes in January–November 2019, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday citing the data on supplies to the refining plants.

Mined gold output rose 9.09% to 266.06 tonnes and by-product gold output increased 21.97% to 17.6 tonnes, while gold scrap production grew 67.6% to 53.6 tonnes.

Russia’s silver output decreased 12.74% to 903.72 tonnes in the period. Primary silver production fell 3.57% to 440.91 tonnes, while by-product silver output increased 6.5% to 311.78 tonnes, and production of silver scrap fell 47.13% to 151.03 tonnes.

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