/Almaty bureau REUTERS, January 13, 03/ - On Monday statistics agency informs that copper production in Kazakhstan in 2002 increased by 6.4% in comparison with similar period of last year, and equaled to 452,991 tons.

PRODUCTION OF NON-FERROUS METALS IN KAZAKHSTAN:

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                      December November the whole
                          2002     2002      2002
--------------------- -------- -------- ---------
Refined copper (tons)   37,462   38,021   452,991
to previous month, %      -1.5     -1.6         -
to previous year, %       -0.4     +1.8      +6.4
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Zinc (tons)             24,815   24,286   286,283
to previous month, %      +2.2     -3.2         -
to previous year, %       -0.1     +1.0      +3.3
--------------------- -------- -------- ---------
Lead (tons)             11,641   12,515   140,271
to previous month, %      -7.0    +20.6         -
to previous year, %       -5.7     -1.7      +0.2
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Alumina (tons)         121,061  118,886 1,386,511
to previous month, %      +1.8     -3.6         -
to previous year, %      +14.5     +5.6     +12.6
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Refined gold (kg)         1023      867    10,964
to previous month, %     +18.0     -0.1         -
to previous year, %      -36.9    -22.2     -28.0
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Refined silver (kg)     78,133   69,857   855,597
to previous month, %     +11.8    +11.9         -
to previous year, %       +7.1    -18.7      -9.3
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Bauxites (tons)        405,700  374,000 4,376,600
to previous month, %      +8.5     -1.9         -
to previous year, %      +21.7     +7.7     +18.8
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* - Indicators on industrial production volume in natural expression are presented on all enterprises producing industrial goods taking into account final counts on small enterprises and industrial productions at non-industrial enterprises (organizations), is said in the document.

[2003-01-13]