In 2022, Kazakhstan increased gold-bearing ore extraction by 19.5% YoY, to 39.4 million tons.
Concentrate output dropped by 11.9%, to 455 thousand tons.
Raw and semi-wrought gold manufacture grew by 13%, to 129.6 tons. In particular, refined gold production totaled 73.2 tons, up by 9.9%.
In previous years the highest output was 69.8 tons.
Tau-Ken Altyn produced 49% of all refined gold, followed by Kazzinc (39.1%) and Kazakhmys (10.4%).
Tau-Ken Altyn reported a growth of 10% in output and Kazakhmys – of 28.2%. (Ukrainian metal)