BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 30
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
The production volume of iron ores in Kazakhstan amounted to 58.5 million tons from January through November 2021, which is 1.8 percent more than during the same period of 2020, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
According to the data, iron ores production amounted to 5.4 million tons in November 2021, which is 0.8 percent less than in November 2020.
Production of copper ores increased by 9.5 percent during the reporting months, having amounted to 114.4 million tons (13.4 million tons in November 2021, a decrease by 10.9 percent compared to the same month in 2020).
Production of zinc and copper ores amounted to 5.6 million tons during the reporting period, which indicates a decrease of 12.8 percent compared to the same period of last year.
The production volume of zinc and copper ores was 501,900 tons in November 2021, which is 15.4 percent less in November 2020.
Production of gold ores amounted to 30.1 million tons over the reporting period, which is 25 percent more than during the same period of 2020. The volume of gold ores produced in November 2021 was 2.9 million tons, which is 9.1 percent more than in November 2020.
Production of lead and zinc ores amounted to 8.04 million tons, which is 39.4 percent more than during the same period of 2020 (1.1 million tons in November 2021, up by 18.7 percent compared to November 2020).
As reported, the production of manganese ores amounted to 1.1 million tons, which is 52.3 percent more than during the same period of 2020 (121,400 tons in November 2021, an increase of 35.7 percent compared to November 2020).
Production of chrome ores amounted to 5.6 million tons, which is 3.5 percent less than during the same period of 2020 (561,000 tons in November 2021, an increase of 15.5 percent compared to November 2020).
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