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KAZZINC UPS ZINC OUTPUT 3% IN 2005
(Interfax News Agency Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)ALMATY. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Kazakh Zinc producer Kazzinc raised zinc production 3% in 2005.
The company said on its web-site that it produced 287,198 tonnes of zinc, compared with 279,480 tonnes in 2004.
Kazzinc also produced 75,792 tonnes of copper, up from 66,802 tonnes in 2004, but 88,596 tonnes of lead, down from 98,747 tonnes.
Refined gold production, not including gold produced by
tolling,
fell to 164,435 Troy ounces in 2005 from 208,398 oz. Refined
silverproduction, not including tolling, rose to 5.378 oz from 4.876 million oz.
Zinc accounted for 40.7% of Kazzinc's revenue in 2005, copper for 24.77%, gold 15.75%, silver 9.65% and lead 9.14%.
Kazzinc is a major integrated producer of zinc and associated copper, precious metals and lead based in East Kazakhstan.
Switzerland's Glencore International AG controls 99% of Kazzinc through subsidiaries.
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