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| Company type | Joint-stock company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Resource extraction |
| Headquarters | , Russia |
| Revenue | ₽1.19 billion[1] (2016) |
| ₽209 million[1] (2016) | |
Number of employees | 986 (2016)  |
| Parent | Rostec |
| Website | Official website |
Joint Stock Company Kaliningrad Amber Combine (Russian: Калининградский янтарный комбинат) is the only official amber mine in Russia, located in Yantarny, Kaliningrad Oblast.[2] The combine extracts up to 400 tonnes of amber annually,[2] and is owned by the state corporation Rostec.[3]
The region around the combine holds 90% of the world's extractable amber,[4] and the Kaliningrad Combine accounts for 65% of the global amber market.[5] Most of the combine's production is sold to China.[6]
The Kaliningrad Combine also owns the Malyshevskoye emerald mine in Malysheva, Sverdlovsk Oblast,[7] the only commercial emerald mine in Russia, and produces beryllium ores and concentrates in the same facility.[8] In 2017 the company held Russia's first emerald auction on the Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange.[9]
- ^ a b http://www.ambercombine.ru/images/Itogi%202016%20-%20yantarni%20combinat.pdf.
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- ^ "Russia's Kaliningrad Amber Combine to sell raw material to China". 1Prime. Archived from the original on 2017-08-21. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ Venediktova, Ekaterina (13 January 2015). "In Western Russia, amber is the new gold". Russia Beyond The Headlines. Archived from the original on 2017-05-16. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ ""Ростех" может вложить в развитие Калининградского янтарного комбината 10 млрд рублей". 16 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2017-08-26. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ "Black market for 'Baltic gold' is booming despite dangers". NBC News. Archived from the original on 2017-08-21. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
- ^ "Kaliningrad Amber launches emerald recovery plant at Malyshevskoye". Interfax. Archived from the original on 2017-08-26. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ "Rostec planning to produce and process beryllium ore at Malysheva field". Interfax. Archived from the original on 2017-08-26. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ "Russia to hold first emerald auction on Exchange in St. Petersburg". Russia Beyond The Headlines. 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-05-17. Retrieved 25 August 2017.