In January of this year, the volume of copper cathode exports increased by 42.9% - from 29.2 thousand to 41.7 thousand tons. This is reported by the Directorate of development of MMC and chemistry of QazIndustry.

The growth was achieved due to a doubling of demand in Turkey (from 6.6 thousand to 13 thousand tons) and China - by 63.7% (from 16.3 thousand to 26.7 thousand tons).

The TOP consumer countries of domestic copper include China (63%), Turkey (31%) and Latvia (4%).

The leading producers of cathode copper in Kazakhstan are Kazakhmys Smelting (Zhezkazgan), Kazzinc (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Konrad Copper Company (Balkhash).

Cathode copper is used in electrical engineering for the production of electrical cables and wires.

Export volume of cathode copper, tons

    Source: BNS ASPiR RK and KGD MF RK.