In January-August copper output in Kazakhstan grew by 0.2% YoY, to 0.28 million tons, with 0.042 million tons produced in August, up by 9% MoM.
According to the statistics committee, zinc manufacture grew by 0.8%, to 0.22 million tons.
In August output decreased by 1.4% and by 3.7% YoY.
The largest non-ferrous metals manufacturers in Ukraine are KAZ Minerals and Kazzinc. (Ukrainian metal)