A unique train loaded with zinc and copper departed from Novo-Ust-Kamenogorsk. 114 loaded rail cars are headed to the port of Novorossiisk and from there will continue their way to Turkey, Spain, Italy and other foreign countries. “Delivery is a hot topic for Kazakhstani producers, which are geographically remote from the major transport hubs,” Head…
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…
Kazzinc, one of the main producers of manganese concentrate in Kazakhstan, has signed an agreement with OMT (Russia) for the manufacture of a rock transportation system for Zhairem Mining and Processing Works. The system includes 33 belt conveyers of various sizes with the capacity of 5-2.08 thousand tons per hour. The total length of the…
KazZinc has lobbied the retaining of the 0% duty on the imports of lead ores and concentrates with 45% metal contents to the Eurasian Economic Union till May 2019. KazZinc is the sole producer and consumer of raw lead in Kazakhstan. Last year it produced 133.5 thousand tons of lead. In 2016 EEU imports of…
On May 18 KazZinc in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Eastern-Kazakhstan region, caught fire. The accident happened on the territory of the copper shop around 21:41 local time. At 00:25 the fire was extinguished. The size of the fire was 50 square meters. According to the emergency service, there were no casualties. The manufacturing process was not affected by…
Kazzinc, JSC Zhairem Mining and Processing Integrated Works and administration of Karaganda region have signed a memorandum of mutual cooperation for 2017. In order to settle the key problems outlined by the president in the country’s program documents, Kazzinc has allocated 1,265,076,000 tenge for the implementation of social projects in Zhairem urban-type settlement of Karaganda…
In 2016 Kazzinc produced 305.5 thousand tons of zinc, up by 0.3% YoY. Zinc production of own raw materials totaled 187.5 thousand tons, down by 3% YoY. Copper output went up by 9.6% YoY, to 68.2 thousand tons, including that of own raw materials – by 3.9% YoY, to 53.9 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)