Aliuminii Kazakhstana produced 200,433 tons of limestone in January- February 01/00

/IRBIS, March 30, 01/ - REUTERS informs, with the reference to the public relations department of Aliuminii Kazakhstana, that the company produced up to 200,433 tons of limestone in January-February 2001 relative to 197,180 tons in two months of previous year. Increase is due to an improvement of the technology at some stages of the processing, is said. Bauxite production is up to 570,746 tons from 527,092 tons of last year. The company says that the production increase is in line with 5-year plan adopted at the company that means the achievement of 1.5 mln tons of limestone in 2005, whereas last year production reached 1.2 mln tons. The production exceeded the planned volume by 68,000 tons, was said. Five-year plan means the introduction of additional 45 production facilities till the year 2005, with the biggest one being the hydrometallurgical workshop for calcium oven estimated at $6.5 mln to be put into service in November of this year. Commodity production is said to have reached KZT5,265,138,000 or 32% more than last year. Within 2 months the investments reached KZT518,153 mln, is said. Aliuminii Kazakhstana, along with Pavlodar aluminum smelter, a number of mines and power facilities are located in the north of Kazakhstan and controlled by Eurasian Bank.