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Kazzinc is a major fully integrated zinc producer with considerable copper, precious metals and lead credits. The company’s core operations are in Kazakhstan, mainly in East-Kazakhstan Region. It employs over 22'000 people in mining, ore dressing, metallurgy, power generation and mechanical production.
The company was established in 1997 through the merger of Eastern Kazakhstan's three main non-ferrous metals companies - "Ust-Kamenogorsk Lead and Zinc Combinate", "Leninogorsk Polymetallic Combinate" and "Zyrianovsk Lead Combinate". All three producers were majority-owned by the Government of Kazakhstan, which also included the Bukhtarma Hydroelectric Power Station into the new company under a long-term concession to improve its appeal to potential investors. The controlling block of shares in Kazzinc has since been sold off by the State to the private sector, with Glencore International AG of Switzerland becoming the company's main investor.
In the years since its creation, Kazzinc has significantly increased production capacity and output on all fronts. The company continues to develop seeking to have its stable position among the world's five lowest cost zinc producers.
In 2004 Kazzinc was certified under the ISO 9000-2000 Quality Management Standard. In 2006 Kazzinc introduced the integrated quality management system comprising quality, environment, occupational safety and health management pursuant to the requirements of the ISO:14000 international standards and OHSAS: 18000 certificates.
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