ALMATY, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's January-August
refined copper output inched up 0.2 percent year-on-year and
refined zinc production rose 0.8 percent while crude steel
output fell 0.5 percent, Statistics Committee data showed on
Monday.
London-listed copper miner KAZ Minerals and
Glencore's Kazzinc account for a large part of
Kazakhstan's metals production.
ArcelorMittal owns the country's only major steel
mill in Temirtau.
The Statistics Committee provided the following data on
Kazakhstan's non-ferrous, steel and precious metals output in
its latest monthly bulletin:
Aug July Jan-Aug
REFINED COPPER (tonnes) 42,151 38,659 280,399
mth/mth pct change 9.0 27.4 ---
yr/yr pct change 28.4 9.4 0.2
REFINED ZINC (T) 27,451 27,833 219,824
mth/mth pct change -1.4 3.6 ---
yr/yr pct change -3.7 3.3 0.8
ZINC CONCENTRATE (T) 26,000 27,700 215,100
mth/mth pct change -6.1 2.2 ---
yr/yr pct change -3.0 -2.8 2.9
ALUMINA AND UNWROUGHT 153,592 145,918 1,188,052
ALUMINIUM (T)
mth/mth pct change 5.3 -4.8 ---
yr/yr pct change 2.5 -3.0 1.0
BAUXITE (T) 613,100 563,000 3,731,800
mth/mth pct change 8.9 17.7 ---
yr/yr pct change 43.3 31.6 13.4
FERRO-ALLOYS (T) 166,969 178,133 1,359,136
mth/mth pct change -6.3 3.9 ---
yr/yr pct change 13.1 9.5 6.1
CRUDE STEEL (T) 373,941 366,550 3,060,540
mth/mth pct change 2.0 -4.9 ---
yr/yr pct change -5.2 -14.1 -0.5
LEAD CONCENTRATE (T) 4.1 10.8 55.3
mth/mth pct change -62.0 248.4 ---
yr/yr pct change -65.3 -1.8 -26.9
REFINED LEAD (T) 12,781 12,682 101,438
mth/mth pct change 0.8 5.5 ---
yr/yr pct change 0.4 -3.0 2.0
REFINED GOLD (kg) 4,719 4,466 32,937
mth/mth pct change 5.7 10.7 ---
yr/yr pct change 30.8 21.5 16.0
REFINED SILVER (kg) 62,317 80,369 632,626
mth/mth pct change -22.5 -3.0 ---
yr/yr pct change -20.7 -9.6 -10.3
(Reporting by Olzhas Auyezov; editing by Ed Osmond)
