According to the Statistics Committee, in January-February Kazakhstan produced 74.1 thousand tons of copper, up by 5.4% YoY.
Zinc manufacture dropped by 4%, to 52 thousand tons, and zinc concentrate output – by 31.8%, to 29.8 thousand tons.
Bauxite production fell by 19.2%, and lead concentrate – by 8%.
Kazakhstan extracted 126.3 tons of silver, down by 15.9% YoY. At the same time gold output grew by 5.1%, to 7.875 tons.
Ferroalloys manufacture in 2 months totaled 347.9 thousand tons, up by 6.8% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)