Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 16
By Elena Kosolapova – Trend:
Kazakhstan produced nearly 40.66 tons of unprocessed, semi-processed and powder gold in January-July 2016, or 21.5 percent more than in the same period in 2015, the Kazakh Statistics Committee said.
According to the Committee, the fine gold production increased by 16.2 percent - to 20.37 tons in Kazakhstan in January-July 2016.
The Committee said the production of unprocessed, semi-processed and powder silver dropped by 2.3 percent to 718.99 tons in Kazakhstan in January-July 2016. The fine silver production was 717.36 tons in Kazakhstan, that is, 2.3 percent less than in January-July 2015.
Kazakhstan produced 63.72 tons of unprocessed, semi-processed and powder gold in 2015, or 26.6 percent more than in 2014.
The production of unprocessed, semi-processed and powder silver reached 1,305 tons in Kazakhstan in 2015, or 32 percent more than in 2014.
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