Kazzinc produces the highest-grade gold of globally acknowledged quality. In 2019, the Company produced 634'000 troy ounces of gold.
The largest gold producing operation in Kazakhstan, Altyntau Kokshetau in Akmola Region, is a Kazzinc business. The mined ore is treated in a multi-stage process at a streamlined concentrator. Dore alloy is sent to the Precious Metals Refinery in Ust-Kamenogorsk Metallurgical Complex.
Enriched gold-bearing feed from Altay and Ridder mines also ends up here.
The Precious Metals Refinery produces finished product, refined gold bars, in a proprietary process.
Product Name:
Refined Gold
Production Site
Precious Metals Refinery, Ust-Kamenogorsk Metallurgical Complex
Process Flowsheet
Melting of gold-bearing feed to anodes, electrolyte preparation, gold refining, bars melting
Production output per year:
47,000 kg/a
Application
- aircrafts
- Gold protects the engine part connections and electrical contact solder seals from corrosion.
- space rockets
- Gold foil protects spaceships from high temperatures and corrosion
- computers
- smartphones
- A thin layer of gold is applied on all terminals and contracts of motherboards and processors and smartphone parts to maximize the signal conductivity
Deer LBMA Grade | |
Au (min.) | 99.99% |
Ag (max.) | 0.005% |
Pt (max) | 0.001% |
Pd (max) | 0.003% |
Cu (max) | 0.001% |
Bi (max) | 0.001% |
Sn (max) | 0.001% |
Pb (max) | 0.001% |
Fe (max) | 0.001% |
Zn (max) | 0.001% |
