ASTANA, Kazakhstan, March 31.
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held a meeting with
Igor Altushkin, founder and major shareholder of the Russian Copper
Company (RCC), and discussed prospects for expanding joint
investment projects in Kazakhstan’s mining and metallurgical
industry, Trend
reports via Akorda.
Tokayev was briefed on the company’s ongoing
production activities in Kazakhstan, its plans to modernize and
expand processing facilities, as well as initiatives addressing
social and infrastructure needs in the regions of operation.
RCC has maintained its presence in Kazakhstan,
primarily through its subsidiary Aktyubinsk Copper Company in the
Aktobe region, focusing on the extraction and processing of copper
and copper-zinc ores.
Over more than 15 years of operations, RCC has invested
approximately $896 million in its Kazakh projects (data as of
2015–2016), creating around 4,500 jobs.
The Aktyubinsk Copper Company processes up to 5 million tons of
copper and copper-zinc ore annually at its two processing plants,
producing around 60,000 tons of copper concentrate and 45,000 tons
of zinc concentrate per year.
