Kazzinc

Kazzinc 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, Leninogorsk Polymetallic Complex in the Leninogorsk and Ust-Kamenogorsk Lead and Zinc Complex in Ust-Kamenogorsk. 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.
Bukhtarma Hydro Power Plant is operated by Kazzinc under a long-term concession agreement.
Kazzinc is a general sponsor of Torpedo Ice Hockey Club, based in Oskemen.

Organizational structure

Oskemen

Oskemen Metallurgical Complex
*Zinc Plant
*Lead Plant
*Copper Plant
*Precious Metals Refinery

Ridder

Ridder Mining and Concentrating Complex
Ridder Metallurgical Complex
KazzincMash Industrial Complex
Kazzinc-Shakhtostroy Industrial Complex

Altay

Altay Mining and Concentrating Complex

Serebryansk

Bukhtarma Hydro Power Plant

Zhairem

Zhairem Mining and Concentrating Complex

Kokshetau

Altyntau Kokshetau Ltd
Company Management

Zhanat Zhanbotin, Chief Executive Officer, Kazzinc Ltd
Daniyar Tursunkulov, Executive Director, Transformation
Turarbek Azekenov, Executive Director, Metallurgy
Nariman Kuanyshev, Executive Director, Government Relations
Igor Radovic, Executive Director, Commerce
Andrey Lazarev, Executive Director, Administration
Andrey Dobroumov, Executive Technical Director
Margarita Plakhotnikova, Executive Director, Corporate Development

Honors and awards

Kazzinc is a five-time winner of the Paryz National Prize established by the President of Kazakhstan and an eight-time winner of the Golden Hephaestus National Award for ore and metal producers.

Social Contribution

Kazzinc is an active contributor to the social and economic development of the regions where its operations are located. Kazzinc sponsors healthcare, public education, sports and cultural institutions, invests in social infrastructure and supports socially vulnerable groups in Oskemen, Altay, Ridder, Kokshetau and Zhairem.
Construction of the following social facilities was sponsored by Kazzinc:
Oskemen

The Palace of Combat Sports;
Olga Rypakova Field-and-Track Training Center;
The Central Swimming Pool;
The Tennis Center;
The Asyl Miras Children's Autism Center;
Repairs of Boris Alexandrov Palace of Sports.