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Top Gold Miner Uzbekistan Extends Export Halt Amid Record Prices
An excavator loads a mixture of sand and pebble containing gold particles into the dredge near the village of Soykechar, Uzbekistan.
Photographer: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty ImagesUzbekistan, one of the world’s largest gold producers, has taken to hoarding its output of the yellow metal as prices hit records amid global geopolitical turmoil.
The country, which mines about 130 tons per year, exported no non-monetary gold in January, extending a halt in sales that began late last year, according to data from the National Statistics Committee published Monday.