In the I quarter of 2004 Kazakhmys increased refined copper production to 212,089 tons

/REUTERS, Almaty, July 7, 04/ - Kazakhstan copper corporation Kazakhmys in January-June of 2004 increased refined copper production to 212,089 tons from 203,200 tons in similar period of last year, the company informed. In June the corporation produced 37,443 tons of refined copper. In January-June the corporation issued commodity output for KZT82.124 bn. (about $593 m. at the average rate of the period), that was more by 23.548 bn. than in similar period of last year. Below is comparative data about production of separate types of production: ------------------------------------------------------------ January- January- January- June May June 2004 2004 2003 ------------------------------ -------- -------- -------- Refined copper (th. tons) 212,089 174,656 203,200 Copper rod (tons) 25,963 23,562 28,980 Zinc in concentrate (th. tons) 29,156 25,084 42,927 Metal zinc (tons) 1,479 997 - Coal (m. tons) 5.471 4.782 3.900 Ore (m. tons) 17.662 14.564 20.793 Silver in granules (tons) 257.6 217.6 306.4 Gold bullions (kg) 1,105 944 1,394 Electricity (m. kilowatt/hour) 2,850.3 2,410.3 2,640.7 ------------------------------------------------------------ Corporation Kazakhmys, which produces up to 90% of total volume of Kazakhstan copper and which is one of 10 world copper producers, exports the half of its production to China, the other half to European countries. Company's shareholders as of January 1 of 2003, according to Kazakhstan stock exchange's data were South-Korean Samsung, which possessed 10.80% of shares and its subsidiary Samsung Hong Kong Ltd. - 18.01%, Cuprum Holding B.V. - 25.75% and Harper Finance Limited - 19.22%. [2004-07-08]