In January - September of 2004 Kazakhmys increased refined copper output to 323,646 tonnes

/REUTERS, Almaty, Tatyana Seroshtanova, October 5, 04/ - Kazakhstan copper corporation Kazakhmys in January-September of 2004 increased refined copper output up to 323,646 tonnes from 306,243 tonnes in similar period of last year, the company informed. In September the corporation produced 33,837 tonnes of refined copper. Below is comparative data about production of separate types of goods: --------------------------------------------------------- Jan- Jan- Jan- Sep Aug Sep 2004 2004 2003 ------------------------------ ------- ------- ------- Refined copper (tonnes) 323,646 289,809 306,243 Copper rod (tonnes) 38,209 34,847 38,070 Zinc in concentrate (tonnes) 49,449 42,223 61,172 Metal zinc (tonnes) 5,419 3,229 2,190 Coal (m. tonnes) 8.097 7.109 8.124 Ore (m. tonnes) 26.439 23.666 30.893 Silver in granules (tonnes) 403.0 353.0 453.7 Gold bullions (kg) 1,676 1,426 2,173 Electricity (m. kilowatt/hour) 4,287.3 3,802.3 3,970.5 --------------------------------------------------------- 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. According to Kazakhstan stock exchange's data as of June 1 of 2004 company's shareholders holding more than 5% of total number of floated shares were Cuprum Holding B.V (25.75%), Harper Finance Limited (19.22), Samsung Hong Kong Ltd. (18.01), Central securities depository CJSC (14.23), Korean Samsung corporation (10.80), Dilon Enterprises Ltd. (5.08), Rego. Inc. (5.07%). [2004-10-05]