SSMPC JSC (Kazakhstan) informed about results of its activity in July 2006 - press release

/KASE, August 4, 06/ - Sokolovsko-Sarbayskoe mining and processing producing cooperation JSC (SSMPC JSC, Rudniy, Kostanay obl.), has spread press release, saying: Quotation start Sokolovsko-Sarbayskoe mining and processing producing cooperation JSC increased shipping of ready-made production for its consumers. Therefore, within the last seven months it made 9 m. 557 th. tones - that is 1.5 times more, compared to the similar period of the previous year. In July it was loaded 1 m. 470 th. tones of trade ore, that is 220.7%, compared to the same period of year 2005. In July of the current year miners extracted 3 m. 419 th. tones of raw iron ore, that is 273.5% against the similar period of year 2005. 3 m. 406 th. tones of raw ore was processed, that is by 172.3% more than in July of year 2005. Since the beginning of this year 22 m. 517 th. tones were mined and 22 m. 587 th. tones of raw ore were processed or 124.8% and 125.0%, correspondingly, compared to the similar period of year 2005. Volume of removing the overburden grew almost two times. In July of year 2006 stripping made 5138 th. cubic meters., whereas in July of last year it totaled 2,660 th. cubic meters. Production of trade ore was increased. There was produced 528 th. tones in July of year 2005, in July of the current year it totaled 1 m. 384 th. tones of trade ore, that is 262.1%, compared to April of the last year. Information center of SSMPC JSC Quotation end [2006-08-04]