Centerra Gold

Centerra Gold: Protesters hurled rocks during clashes with police Friday that injured 50 people and ended with 80 arrests , the Associated Press reports, after nearly a week of protests that saw demonstrators cut off the main road leading to Centerra Gold's Kumtar mine, according to Huffington Post. Based in Toronto and listed on the TSX, Centerra Gold has two primary gold mines: the Kumtar mine in Kyrgyzstan and the Boroo gold mine in Mongolia. The company's annual revenue exceeds $1 billion and As many as 2,000 protesters stormed a Canadian-owned mine in Kyrgyzstan on Friday, prompting the central Asian country's government to declare a state of emergency. Some protesters are demanding the nationalization of the mine, which accounts for a hefty 12 per cent of the country's economy. Others called on Centerra to provide more in social benefits, demanding such things as the construction of a kindergarten, development of roads and water pipelines, or jobs at the mine , Reuters reported. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.