In January-March, KAZ Minerals decreased copper output by 3% YoY, to 72.4 thousand tons. The company intends to produce 275-295 thousand tons of copper this year. Gold manufacture decreased by 28%, to 39.9 thousand ounces, and silver – from 793 thousand ounces to 763 thousand ounces, while zinc grew from 9 thousand tons to 9.6…
Vladimir Kim and Oleg Novachuk, director and chairman of the board of Kaz Minerals respectively, as well as its largest shareholders, have announced their intention to buy 60.61% of shares at the London Stock Exchange and return the company to private ownership. The shares will be bought via their Nova Resources company at GBP 6.4…
In January-June, KAZ Minerals produced 153.8 thousand tons of copper, up by 4% YoY. Gold output grew by 25%, to 109.7 thousand ounces, silver – by 18%, to 1.5 million ounces, and zinc in concentrate – by 29%, to 18.4 thousand tons. Aktogay GOK produced 67.6 thousand tons of copper (-9%), Bozshakol GOK – 60.4…
In January-March, KAZ Minerals produced 74.9 thousand tons of copper, up by 7% YoY. Gold output grew by 27.6%, to 55.4 thousand ounces, and silver – by 18%, to 739 thousand ounces. Aktogai Mining and Processing Works mined 12.556 million tons of ore, up by 14%, and produced 27.2 thousand tons of copper, down by…
Sovkombank has organized a loan for KAZ Minerals in the amount of $1 billion. The deal was formed as pre-export financing for 4 years with the possible prolongation for 2 years. The financing has been provided by a syndicate of leading financial institutions, with Sovkombank being the only Russian bank. (Ukrainian metal)
KAZ Minerals has approved expenses of $150 million to finish bankable feasibility study of the development of the Peschanka deposit in Chukotka Autonomous District. Additional machinery might be supplied to the deposit, which will increase expenses. Last year the company approved expenses of $80 million, but the actual amount totaled $111 million. The study is…
In 2019 KAZ Minerals increased EBITDA by 3.4%, to $1.355 billion. Sales grew by 5%, to $2.266 billion. The group sold 317 thousand tons of copper and 225 thousand ounces of gold. Profit last year increased by 12%, to $571 million. Net debt went up to $2.759 billion. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2019 KAZ Minerals produced 311.4 thousand tons of copper, up by 6% YoY. Gold output grew by 10%, to 201.5 thousand ounces mostly due to high contents in Bozshakol and Bozymchak ores. Aktogay GOK produced 123 thousand tons of copper of sulfide ore, up by 16%, and 22.7 thousand tons of cathode copper of…
KAZ Minerals has rented 2.5 thousand square meters of offices on the 16th floor of the Mercury Tower in the Moscow-City Business Center. The company will have its Russian headquarters in the tower. The opening is scheduled for late Q1 2020. (Ukrainian metal)
KAZ Minerals has signed an agreement with Caterpillar Financial Services (UK) Limited on the loan of $100 million. Caterpillar is the main supplier of mining machinery to KAZ Minerals mines – Bozshakol and Aktogay. The new loan line consists of two sub-lines of $40 million and $60 million. KAZ Minerals has pledged Caterpillar machinery (both…
In January-September KAZ Minerals produced 230.5 thousand tons of copper, up by 6% YoY. In Q3 the output totaled 82.9 thousand tons of copper and 58.5 thousand ounces of gold. The copper output target this year is 300 thousand tons. Gold target of 170-185 thousand ounces could be exceeded by 5%. The company net debt…
Russian businessman Maksim Vorobiev and his investment fund Amereus Group have purchased 3.00674% of shares of Kaz Minerals. The share of Vorobiev is 1.62043%, and of Amereus Group, wholly owned by Vorobiev, – 1.38631%. Vorobiev and the fund have bought the shares on the open market, so the shares of the major shareholders have remained…
In January-June KAZ Minerals produced 147.6 thousand tons of copper, up by 6% YoY. In Q2 copper output totaled 77.6 thousand tons. Aktogay GOK manufactured 74.1 thousand tons of copper, Bozshakol GOK – 47.1 thousand tons and Bozymchak (Kyrgyzstan) – 26.4 thousand tons. The year output is planned on the level of 300 thousand tons.…
KAZ Minerals and China Nonferrous Metal Industry’s Foreign Engineering and Construction Company Ltd (NFC) have finalized a deal to sell 19.4% in the Koksay copper project for $70 million. Koksay is a promising project to develop a copper quarry situated in 230 km from Almaty. The reserves of the deposit are 736 million tons of…
Dalenergomost, a part of KAZ Minerals, has announced an auction to construct energy infrastructure for the Baimskoye copper-porphyry field in Chukotka Autonomous District. The initial (maximum) price of the contract is 17.363 billion rubles. The winner of the auction will have to construct an air electricity line with the length of 741,391 km. The offers…
In January-March, Kaz Minerals produced 70 thousand tons of copper, up by 4% YoY. This year the output is expected to total 300 thousand tons. Aktogay produced 36.7 thousand tons of copper, with 130-140 thousand tons to be produced this year. Sulfide copper manufacture grew by 6% QoQ, to 31 thousand tons, and by 47%…
KAZ Minerals is starting preparations for the feasibility study of the Peschanka deposit development. The deposit is situated in the Chukotka Autonomous District. The feasibility study will be prepared by Fluor. The results will be presented in the first half of 2020. In January KAZ Minerals finalized the deal to purchase the Baimskoye copper project…