Likely reserves of 200 tonnes of gold have been identified in the Gora Rudnaya area of the Aldansky district.
A 44 per cent decline in diamond production was announced by Russian gem producer Alrosa.
Vladimir Putin and Chinese president witness agreement that will see cross-border cooperation to work in massive Far East mine.
Panning to be legalised in former GULAG region in bid to crackdown on black market.
269 workers at Olimpiada gold mine in Krasnoyarsk region test virus positive.
Consortium featuring Russian businessman line up bid to invest in mine which develops deposits in Siberia.
Royal discovery made after 99-year-old code is broken by Siberian mathematics genius.
New technology to be tested on heating stations in eastern Russia.
This year sees the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov, the Russian royal family thrown on the scrapheap of history in 1917.