Inside Kazakhstan's Altyntau Gold Mine

A worker wearing a heatproof suit pours molten gold in a workshop of the Altyntau extraction plant.

A worker takes a gold alloy bar out of its mold.

A newly solid gold alloy bar comes out of the mold.

 An armed guard stands by as gold alloy bars are put on display.

Near the extraction plant, trucks drive along a road at the Altyntau open pit gold mine.

Controlled explosions raise dust at the open pit gold mine.