Mining and Metals Central Asia

Mining of bauxite and other aluminium ores increases by 26% on-year

Through last year, mining of aluminum ores increased by 26%, to 6.1 million tonnes. Kazakhstan Aluminium is the largest enterprise in the industry engaged in the extraction and enrichment of bauxite...

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KAZ Minerals announces the completion of the acquisition of a deposit in Chukotka

Kazakhstan's KAZ Minerals announced the initial completion of a deal to acquire the Baimsky copper-gold deposit in Chukotka. According to the company, the completion of the transaction occurred after...

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Kazakhstan’s mining and metallurgy industries hold market positions in 2018 despite losses in global produce value

Second in importance next to combustibles (oil, gas, coal, uranium), Kazakhstan’s metal mining sector has by and large come unscathed through the global metal slump which marked the year 2018. Losses...

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2018 successful for Kazakhstan’s metallurgy sector

Production growth occurred in almost all industries, and the industrial production index compared with 2017 reached 4.1%. However, it could be more. According to the results of 10 months, it amounted...

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KAZ Minerals announces production results for 2018

According to the production results, the Company produced 294,7 kt of copper, which is 14% y/y higher than the previous year’s production results (2017:258,5 kt of copper) and corresponds to the upper...

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More than 300 thousand tonnes of ERG ferrochrome are shipped to Japan annually

Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) expects additional demand from the Asian market for ferroalloys and cobalt, ERG Executive Director Benedict Sobotka said. "Cobalt is a key factor in the growth of the...

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Polymetal to support junior companies

Kazakhstan’s subsoil users got a chance to implement projects in the search and production of gold, copper and polymetals. Polymetal has taken the initiative to support junior companies, the press service...

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Kazakhstan Electrolysis Plant plans to increase production by 0.8%

Last year this figure was 256 thousand tonnes. Thus, production growth is planned at 0.8%. This was announced by the vice-president for production Baurzhan Smilov, Interfax-Kazakhstan writes on Friday,...

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SSMPA of ERG increases iron ore production in 2018 by 19%

Sokolovsko-Sarbayskoye Mining and Production Association (SSMPA), part of the Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), increased the production of iron ore by 19% to 12.5 million tonnes in 2018. "In general,...

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Askar Mamin: best practices of social and labor policy introduced at enterprises of mining and metallurgical complex

November 13, 2018, First Deputy Prime Minister Askar Mamin, during his working trip to the Karaganda region took part in an interregional seminar on the theme "Social and labor policy of companies:...

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31st Central Asian International Mining Exploration & Mining Equipment Exhibition