Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 17
By Elena Kosolapova – Trend:
Kazakhstan produced nearly 74.63 tons of unprocessed, semi-processed and powder gold in January-December 2016, or 17.3 percent more than in the same period in 2015, the Kazakh Statistics Committee said.
According to the committee, the fine gold production increased by 21.6 percent - to 37.74 tons in Kazakhstan in January-December 2016.
The committee said the production of unprocessed, semi-processed and powder silver dropped by 9.8 percent to 1,180 tons in Kazakhstan in January-December 2016.
The fine silver production was 1,176 tons in Kazakhstan, that is, 10 percent less than in January-December 2015.
In December 2016 unprocessed, semi-processed and powder gold production in Kazakhstan hit 7.04 tons, which is 13.4 percent more than in the same period of 2015. The production of unprocessed, semi-processed and powder silver reached 87.45 tons in December 2016, which is 23.9 percent more than in the same month of 2015.
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