Kazzinc
Sign in to saveKazzinc (, قازمىرىش, ) with its headquarters in Oskemen is Kazakhstan's largest producer of zinc, lead and precious metals. The general investor is Glencore International AG. Kazzinc’s core operations are in East-Kazakhstan, Karagandy and Akmola regions of Kazakhstan. According to the data for 2020, Kazzinc employs over 20,000 people.
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- Employees
- 24500
- Official website
- kazzinc.com
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- inception
- 1997-01-01
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- Kazzinc
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Kazzinc (, قازمىرىش, ) with its headquarters in Oskemen is Kazakhstan's largest producer of zinc, lead and precious metals. The general investor is Glencore International AG. Kazzinc’s core operations are in East-Kazakhstan, Karagandy and Akmola regions of Kazakhstan. According to the data for 2020, Kazzinc employs over 20,000 people.
== Background == Kazzinc as a company was established is 1997 through the merger of East Kazakhstan’s main ore and non-ferrous metal producers: Zyryanovsk Lead Complex in Zyryanovsk (now Altay), Leninogorsk Polymetallic Complex in the Leninogorsk (now Ridder) and Ust-Kamenogorsk Lead and Zinc Complex in Ust-Kamenogorsk (now Oskemen). All three producers were majority-owned by the Government of Kazakhstan. After the merger, they were sold to the private sector, and the Swiss group Glencore International became the company’s main investor.