News about gold
Gold mine to open in North Kazakhstan in 2015
Development of Aulie gold deposit has started in Yessil District of North Kazakhstan Oblast.
20 June 2014 12:59
Kazakhstan to add on 12 million tons in complex ore deposits by 2019
It is expected that state-run geological exploration project will yield 12 million tons of complex ore in Kazakhstan in five years.
15 June 2014 11:29
Kyrgyzstan grants gold mine operating permits to Centerra
Kyrgyzstan has granted a gold mine operating permit to Canada's Centerra Gold, barely making the deadline for a threatened shutdown of operations.
14 June 2014 14:17
Where the gold is in Kazakhstan?
IdeaLab has calculated the amount of gold reserves and mapped out the gold deposits in Kazakhstan.
27 May 2014 16:48
Kazakhstan approves new geological exploration program
Kazakhstan's geological exploration will focus on precious metals, especially gold, rare earth metals and copper.
20 May 2014 19:37
Golden Princess burial, oldest of its kind in Kazakhstan
Ancient burial of a noble woman discovered in Western Kazakhstan Oblast two years ago declared the oldest golden burial in Kazakhstan.
12 May 2014 15:31
Death toll rises to 10 in Colombia mine disaster
Rescue workers recovered more bodies Saturday of people killed in a landslide at an illegal gold mine in western Colombia, raising the death toll to 10, with an additional six feared dead.
04 May 2014 12:57
DR Congo opens one of Africa's largest gold mines
DR Congo, one of the world's biggest gold producers, on Friday formally opened one of the continent's largest gold mines in the far northeast of the country.
04 May 2014 10:48
Wrestling: Manyurova wins gold at Asian Championship
Kazakhstan wrestler Gyuzel Manyurova won a gold medal for Kazakhstan at the Asian Wrestling Championship that was held in Astana.
29 April 2014 18:07
Kazakhstan’s international reserves figure announced
The gold and FX reserves of the National Bank for the period grew by 7.45% to reach $26.517 billion, with the assets of the National Oil Fund growing by 3.18% for the period to reach $72.787 billion.
08 April 2014 11:01
Kazakh company halts gold exploration amid violent protest in Kyrgyzstan
Kazakh company Altyn Kumushtak Mining, LLC has suspended exploration of Shyralzhyn gold deposits in Buckeye-Ata district of Talas oblast in Kyrgyzstan due to violent clashes of the local residents and the police.
04 April 2014 23:11
S.Korea opens spot market for physical gold trade
South Korea launched a gold trading exchange for the first time on Monday in a bid to help counter the country's burgeoning black market in the precious metal.
25 March 2014 11:49
Kazakhstan's Galina Vishnevskaya wins gold in US
Galina Vishnevskaya, a biathlete from Kazakhstan, has won a gold medal at the Youth and Junior World Championship in the United States.
06 March 2014 12:02
Alaska mine could be blocked to save salmon fisheries
US environmental authorities made a rare move Friday to block a massive copper and gold mine in Alaska before it even gets under way, in a bid to protect wild salmon.
02 March 2014 12:23
California couple strike gold with treasure trove find
A California couple out walking their dog struck it rich by unearthing a horde of buried gold coins, worth more than $10 million according to
27 February 2014 17:38
Elena Khrustaleva wins sprint at Asian Biathlon Championship
Olympic silver winner Elena Khrustaleva from Kazakhstan has won the sprint competition at the Asian Biathlon Championship in Almaty.
29 January 2014 20:24
Sambo World Cup: Kazakhstan takes 2nd place
Kazakhstan won the second place at the Sambo World Cup Stage among Men and Women for the Prizes of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
28 January 2014 19:22
Kazakhstan hockey team wins silver at Universiade
The Kazakhstan hockey team has won a silver medal at the Universiade in Tretino after losing to the Canadian hockey team in the final.
23 December 2013 18:42
Nazarbayev visits gold processing plant in Astana
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited the gold processing plant in Astana.
23 December 2013 16:34
Kazakhstan wins 5 medals at Universiade in Italy
The Kazakhstan men's national skiing team has gain the second gold medal for Kazakhstan at the Winter Universiade in Terintino, Italy.
23 December 2013 13:52