ALMATY, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's refined copper
output rose 13.4% in the first seven months of 2019, while
refined zinc production climbed 3.3% and crude steel output was
down 1.2%, 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 mill in Temirtau.
The Statistics Committee provided the following data on
Kazakhstan's non-ferrous, steel and precious metals output in
its latest monthly bulletin:
July June Jan-July
REFINED COPPER (tonnes) 42,980 38,913 270,078
mth/mth pct change 10.5 0.6 ---
yr/yr pct change 11.2 28.2 13.4
REFINED ZINC (T) 28,375 27,376 192,258
mth/mth pct change 3.6 -3.3 ---
yr/yr pct change 5.4 5.5 3.3
ZINC CONCENTRATE (T) 18,500 22,500 133,400
mth/mth pct change -17.8 -3.0 ---
yr/yr pct change -33.2 -17.0 -29.5
ALUMINA AND UNWROUGHT 141,614 146,623 965,179
ALUMINIUM (T)
mth/mth pct change -3.4 -1.1 ---
yr/yr pct change -2.8 -4.1 -6.6
BAUXITE (T) 388,800 465,300 2,471,000
mth/mth pct change -16.4 36.1 ---
yr/yr pct change -26.5 3.5 -15.7
FERRO-ALLOYS (T) 183,775 218,182 1,284,221
mth/mth pct change -15.8 24.4 ---
yr/yr pct change 3.1 27.3 7.7
CRUDE STEEL (T) 400,467 337,387 2,668,616
mth/mth pct change 18.7 -17.0 ---
yr/yr pct change 6.3 -12.7 -1.2
LEAD CONCENTRATE (T) 3.9 2.2 40.0
mth/mth pct change 77.3 -46.3 ---
yr/yr pct change -63.9 -29.0 -21.9
REFINED LEAD (T) 11,747 11,756 79,534
mth/mth pct change -0.1 7.6 ---
yr/yr pct change -7.4 -2.2 -10.3
REFINED GOLD (kg) 4,425 4,191 30,412
mth/mth pct change 5.6 -4.1 ---
yr/yr pct change -10.4 -1.1 4.7
REFINED SILVER (kg) 85,875 69,881 549,937
mth/mth pct change 22.9 -13.3 ---
yr/yr pct change 6.9 -15.7 -3.6
(Reporting by Mariya Gordeyeva
Writing by Olzhas Auyezov
Editing by David Evans)
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