Kazakhstan 1Q Copper, Zinc Lead Output Down; Alumina Up
Friday, April 18, 2008; Posted: 03:07 AM
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MOSCOW, Apr 18, 2008 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) -- -- Kazakhstan produced 88,449 metric tons of refined copper in the first quarter, a fall of 17.2% on the year, the State Statistics Agency reported Friday.
Zinc output fell during the period by 2.5% to 92,035 tons. The production of zinc in concentrate fell by 4.2% to 89,800 tons.
The production of lead in concentrate fell by 19.2% to 9,700 tons.
Alumina output increased by 10.1% on the year to 415,895 tons.
Gold output increased by 4.6% to 1.978 tons and silver output fell by 14.2% to 155,733 tons.
-By Grigori Gerenstein; contributing to Dow Jones Newswires; gerenstein@hotmail.com
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