Kazakhmys Corporation chairman Nurakhmet Nuriyev presented a new factory in Zhambkl region to the head of state. The enterprise is situated in the Shatyrkul-Zhaisanskiy cluster. The official launch of the factory is scheduled for August and the design capacity will be reached in October. The factory will employ 340 people, mostly locals. (Ukrainian metal)
On November 27, the management of the Kazakhmys Group of Companies decided to suspend all mining works following an accident at the Chzhaisan mine, when 2 miners perished. Checks will be carried out at mines headed by chief engineers. Additional payment will be made to the miners who will stay idle during checks. (Ukrainian metal)
Kazakhmys has opened a selenium-refining and precious metal slag-processing shop. The new Kazakhmys Progress LLC shop created 63 new jobs. The capacity of the shop is 75 tons of raw selenium per year with the metal content of not less than 99%. Slag processing capacity is 100-120 tons per month. The technique will allow extracting…
The Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development hosted the signing of a tri-partite agreement to provide enterprises of processing industry in the copper sphere with domestic raw materials. The agreement was signed by the ministry, Kazakhmys Corporation and the enterprises. According to the agreement, Kazakhmys will provide raw materials at decreased prices to Ulbinskiy Iron…
In January-March, Kazakhmys extracted 7.915 million tons of ore, up from 7.09 million tons last year. Average copper content in ore was 0.94%, as opposed to 0.88% of target and 0.98% last year. Factories processed 7.651 million tons of ore, up from 7.481 million tons. Manufacture of copper in concentrate totaled 62.943 thousand tons (61.32…
In 2021, Kazakhmys Holding exceeded its output target by 5.34%, having extracted 30.739 million tons of ore. Average copper content in ore was 0.94% with the target being 0.90%. Kazakhmys processed 31.1 million tons of ore and produced 213 thousand tons of cathode copper, 5508 kg of gold and 270 thousand tons of silver, up…
Kazakhmys begins operation at the Khadjikongan deposit. Copper ore reserves are estimated at 6 million tons with the copper content of 1.52%, including 1 million tons of oxidized ore and 5 million tons of sulphide ore with the copper content of 1.58%. The initial prospecting of the deposit was carried out in late 1960s. In…
In January-July, Kazakhmys and Kazzinc decreased copper output by 11%, lead – by 18% and zinc – by 6% YoY. Copper wire rod manufacture dropped by 7% and gold – by 3%. At the same time, production of gold in ingots went up by 12%, copper cathodes – by 30% and silver in granules –…
