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Company type | Joint-stock company |
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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]
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