Copper production in Kazakhstan grew by 9.6% in January-September

/IRBIS, Oct.16, 00/ - REUTERS informs, with the reference to the Statistics agency of Kazakhstan, that the country's copper production grew by 9.6% in January-September 2000 totaling 291,510 tons. Following are the data of the Statistics agency on production of metals in year 2000. --------------------------------------------------------- Production of non-ferrous January- metals September August September --------------------------------------------------------- Refined copper (tons) 29,821 30,579 291,510 to previous month, % -2.5 -6.4 - to previous year, % -4.9 -1.8 +9.6 --------------------------------------------------------- Zinc (tons) 22,089 22,976 194,812 to previous month, % -3.9 -0.5 - to previous year, % +7.1 +8.5 +5.2 --------------------------------------------------------- Lead (tons) 15,566 19,194 156,930 to previous month, % -18.9 -0.2 - to previous year, % +8.7 +37.4 +38.5 --------------------------------------------------------- Bauxite (th. tons) 323.9 381.1 2,762.8 to previous month, % -15.0 +1.9 - to previous year, % -2.2 +5.6 +2.4 --------------------------------------------------------- Limestone (tons) 98,980 102,141 904,138 to previous month, % -3.1 0.0 - to previous year, % +4.4 +4.4 +5.0 --------------------------------------------------------- Gold affinated (kg) 1,010.0 1,158.0 8,572.0 to previous month, % -12.8 +57.8 - to previous year, % +20.5 +27.3 +27.1 --------------------------------------------------------- Silver affinated (kg) 70,786.0 82,314.0 693,004.0 to previous month, % -14.0 +1.2 - to previous year, % +32.6 +49.9 +47.2 ---------------------------------------------------------