BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 22. The production volume of iron ores in Kazakhstan amounted to 24.9 million tons from January through May 2022, which is 6.8 percent less than during the same period of 2021, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
According to the data, iron ores production amounted to 4.8 million tons in May 2022, which is 15.4 percent less than in May 2021.
Production of copper ores remained at the level of the same period last year, having amounted to 52.5 million tons (10.9 million tons in May 2022, an increase by 2.9 percent compared to the same month in 2021).
Production of zinc and copper ores amounted to 2.2 million tons during the reporting period, which indicates a decrease of 10 percent compared to the same period of last year.
The production volume of zinc and copper ores was 493,400 tons in May 2022, which is 0.1 percent less than in May 2021.
Production of gold ores amounted to 15.4 million tons over the reporting period, which is 26 percent more than during the same period of 2021. The volume of gold ores produced in May 2022 was 3.4 million tons, which is 22.7 percent more than in May 2021.
Production of lead and zinc ores amounted to 3.6 million tons, which is 2.7 percent more than during the same period of 2021 (944,700 tons in May 2022, up by 56.5 percent compared to May 2021).
As reported, the production of manganese ores amounted to 169,500 tons, which is 64.4 percent less than during the same period of 2021 (40,200 tons in May 2022, a decrease of 64.6 percent compared to May 2021).
Production of chrome ores amounted to 2.3 million tons, which is 2 percent more than during the same period of 2021 (512,000 tons in May 2022, an increase of 3 percent compared to May 2021).
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