Friday, December 5, 2025

Georgian Manganese halts mining work due to failing market demand

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(DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Manganese is temporarily shutting down its mines western Georgia for four months due to a low demand for manganese.

GM owns the mines in Chiatura, a mountain town in the western Imereti province.

According to a statement issued

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Georgia's foreign trade Jan-Apr was 13% lower than last year

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Used cars (12%) and copper ore (12%) are two of the categories of goods Georgia exports most of. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in the first four months of 2014 was 13 percent less than in the same period last year, according to preliminary figures published by the National Statistics Department, GeoStat.

The turnover totaled USD 3,015

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Georgia's foreign trade fell 10% Jan-Mar compared to '14

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12 % of Georgia’s export in the first quarter of 2015 was used cars. (Rustavi.ge)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in the first three months of 2015 was 10 percent less than in the same period last year.

The foreign trade turnover in January-March, 2015 was USD 2,279 million, according to the new report of Georgia’s National

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