Kazakhstan: Glencore not to sell Kazzinc

Glencore Plc has abandoned plans to sell its share in Kazzinc, having not received an adequate offer. Glencore intended to leave the business where it owned 70% of shares with the Chinese companies demonstrating interest. In 2023, Kazzinc produced 173.9 thousand tons of zinc, 35.6 thousand tons of lead, 14.8 thousand tons of copper and…

Kazakhstan: Kazzinc output up in Q1 2023

In January-March, Kazzinc decreased zinc output from own resources by 5% YoY, to 34.3 thousand tons. The group produced 24.9 thousand tons of zinc metal and 9.4 thousand tons of zinc concentrate. Taking into account the third party raw materials, zinc manufacture dropped by 11%, to 63.5 thousand tons. Manufacture of lead from own resources…

Kazakhstan: KazZinc output to increase in 2017

This year KazZinc intends to produce 320 thousand tons of zinc. “Our capacity is 295 thousand tons, but we produce 302-305 thousand tons. This year we believe we could produce 320 thousand tons, by slightly adjusting the technology”, the company CEO Alexander Khmelev said. In 2016 KazZinc produced 305.5 thousand tons of zinc, thus this…