Kazakhstan plans to double its copper ore output until 2030. This was said by Deputy Minister of Industry and Construction Olzhas Saparbekov at the July 22 government meeting.
Speaking at the meeting, Saparbekov said: “The copper ore output will be doubled to up to 300 million tons thanks to three new major deposits Aidarly, Koksai and Benkala”.
“Kazakhstan is set to boost iron ore mining by 40%, to up to 52 million tons, through increase in domestic processing by Qarmet and launch of projects for production of hot briquetted iron, said the Deputy Minister.
This will facilitate cooper output from 500,000 to 1.2 million tons, hot briquetted iron output to up to 5 million tons and steel output from 4.1 million to 13 million tons.
“According to our estimates, a significant amount of metals produced will be processed in the country with the development of high-value products. Thus, the amount of copper processed will reach up to 91,000 tons, aluminum – 163,000 tons and lead – 81,000 tons,” said Saparbekov.
The Deputy Minister went on to add that this year, Kazakhstan planned to boost its cooper processing 2-fold, aluminum – 1.5-fold, lead – 2.3-fold and zinc – by 11%. (Kazinform)