/REUTERS, Almaty, March 14, 07/ - Output of copper in Kazakhstan within the period of January-February of year 2007 grew by 19.5%, compared to the similar period of the previous year, to 65,934 tones, Statistics Agency informed.

Issue of non-processed zinc within the same period grew by 1.3% to 62.015 tons, alumina - decreased by 1.9% to 247.119 tons.

NON-FERROUS METALS OUTPUT IN KAZAKHSTAN*:

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                            February  January 2007       January-
                                2007                February 2007
--------------------------  --------  ------------  -------------
Refined copper (tones)        32.082        33.852         65.934
To the previous month in %      -5.2           n/d              -
To the previous year in %      +16.3           n/d          +19.5
--------------------------  --------  ------------  -------------
Unprocessed sync (tones)      29.503        32.512         62.015
To the previous month in %      -9.3           n/d              -
To the previous year in %       +2.0           n/d           +1.3
--------------------------  --------  ------------  -------------
Plumber (tones)                9.391         9.678         19.069
To the previous month in %      -3.0           n/d              -
To the previous year in %       +4.6           n/d           +1.1
--------------------------  --------  ------------  -------------
Alumina (tones)              117.247       129.872        247.119
To the previous month in %      -9.7           n/d              -
To the previous year in %       -3.5           n/d           -1.9
--------------------------  --------  ------------  -------------
Gold affined (kg)                664           601          1.265
To the previous month in %     +10.5           n/d              -
To the previous year in %       -9.5           n/d           -5.1
--------------------------  --------  ------------  -------------
Silver affined (kg)           53.782        58.092        111.874
To the previous month in %      -7.4           n/d              -
To the previous year in %      -10.0           n/d          -10.0
--------------------------  --------  ------------  -------------
Bauxite (tones)              386.500       406.500        793.000
To the previous month in %      -4.9           n/d              -
To the previous year in %       +0.7           n/d           +0.9
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* - Indicators of the volume of the manufacturing production in natural expression
are presented on all enterprises, outputting manufacture production, taking into
account extra accounts of small enterprises and industrial manufactures at
non-industrial enterprises.

[2007-03-14]