0 forum postALMATY (Reuters) — Kazakhstan’s January-June refined copper output rose 5.4% year on year and crude steel output jumped 9.7%, while refined zinc production slipped 0.5%, Statistics Committee data showed on Wednesday.
London-listed copper miner KAZ Minerals and Glencore’s Kazzinc account for a large part of Kazakhstan’s metals production. ArcelorMittal owns the country’s only major steel plant in Temirtau.
The Statistics Committee provided the following data on Kazakhstan’s non-ferrous, steel and precious metals output in its latest monthly bulletin:
June May Jan-June
REFINED COPPER (tonnes) 36,995 36,051 211,223
mth/mth pct change 2.6 -1.6 ---
yr/yr pct change 8.6 3.0 5.4
REFINED ZINC (T) 21,365 21,178 161,737
mth/mth pct change 0.9 -44.9 ---
yr/yr pct change -20.2 -23.3 -0.5
ZINC CONCENTRATE (T) 27,700 15,600 149,800
mth/mth pct change 77.6 -43.7 ---
yr/yr pct change 4.9 -37.6 1.3
ALUMINA AND UNWROUGHT 145,037 149,917 876,239
ALUMINIUM (T)
mth/mth pct change -3.3 1.1 ---
yr/yr pct change -5.6 2.2 0.6
BAUXITE (T) 427,100 420,000 2,433,600
mth/mth pct change 1.7 5.5 ---
yr/yr pct change 8.8 3.7 2.2
FERRO-ALLOYS (T) 153,524 173,572 983,550
mth/mth pct change -11.6 3.5 ---
yr/yr pct change 10.1 17.4 13.4
CRUDE STEEL (T) 392,357 383,907 2,261,785
mth/mth pct change 2.2 -3 ---
yr/yr pct change 7.7 0.3 9.7
LEAD CONCENTRATE (T) 11.2 10,7 53.4
mth/mth pct change 4.7 18.9 ---
yr/yr pct change 55.6 118.4 73.4
REFINED LEAD (T) 12,123 12,713 73,660
mth/mth pct change -4.6 4.5 ---
yr/yr pct change 8.1 5.7 7.8
REFINED GOLD (kg) 3,955 3,370 21,122
mth/mth pct change 17.4 -14.7 ---
yr/yr pct change 3.7 -1.4 23.5
REFINED SILVER (kg) 96,832 85,313 537,819
mth/mth pct change 13.5 -6.8 ---
yr/yr pct change -14.6 -23.4 -13.8
