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Monday, 2nd February 2004 (4455 views)

Russia's gold production, including mined, secondary and by-product metal, went up 3.5 per cent in 2003.<BR/><BR/>A source at the Russian Gold-Miners Union told Itar-Tass that production rose to 177,000 kilograms last year.<BR/><BR/>Gold mining in 2003 grew by 0.8 per cent in comparison with 2002, the Prime-Tass economic news agency said.<BR/> <BR/>The Krasnoyarsk Territory tops the list of gold-producing regions with 30,000 kilograms. <BR/><BR/>The Magadan Region comes second with 26,300 kilograms of extracted gold, and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) takes the third place with 20,300 kilograms of gold.<BR/> <BR/>In December 2003, the volume of gold mined by the Russian Federation enterprises rose by 9,700 kilograms (21.4 per cent) in comparison with the same period of 2002.

 

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