Russian Jan-March gold output at 51.6 t

21st June 2018 By: Reuters

MOSCOW – Russia produced 51.6 t of gold in the first three months of 2018, up from 50.9 t in the same period in 2017, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday.

Production for the period included 39.78 t of mined gold compared with 38.93 t a year ago, the Ministry said.

Silver production totalled 250.77 t in January-March, up from 222.97 t in the same period of 2017.