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Kazzinc is a leading lead producer in Kazakhstan. In 2019, the Company produced 129'000 tons of lead.

The Company mines in Ridder and Altay produce lead-bearing ore. Zhairem polymetallic deposit in Karagandy Region is also rich in lead.

The mined ore is treated at three concentrators wherefrom lead-bearing concentrates are sent to Ust-Kamenogorsk Metallurgical Complex. Refined lead as a finished product is the result of smelting and other pyrometallurgical processes.

Product Name:

Refined Lead Grade С1 – С.

Production Site

Lead Plant, Ust-Kamenogorsk Metallurgical Complex

Process Flowsheet

ISASMELT smelting, blast smelting, refining

Production output per year:

150,000 tpa

Application

  • transformers
  • Due to its unparalleled conductivity at high temperature, lead is extensively used in the transformer winding.
  • paints
  • Lead in the whitewash protects steel structures from corrosion, and bright saturnine red paint is used to paint the ship bottom.
  • plastic windows
  • Lead compounds are added to the plastic mass to prevent the mix decomposition.
  • rhinestone
  • Lead oxide makes glass products shiny and translucent similar to precious stones.

"YK" LME Grade

Pb

99.994%

Ag

0.0005%

Cu

0.0004%

Zn

0.0005%

Bi

0.0030%

As

0.00038%

Sn

0.00033%

Cd

0.0002%

Ni

0.00029%

Sb

0.00034%

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