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Kazakhstan

Artemyevsky Mine

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Overview

Mine TypeUnderground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Copper
  • Zinc
  • Silver
  • Gold
  • Lead
Mining Method
  • Blast Hole Stoping
  • Cut & Fill
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SnapshotThere are three underground mines in the East Region - Orlovsky, Artemyevsky and Irtyshsky. The ore from these mines is processed at the Orlovsky and Nikolayevsky concentrators.
Related AssetEast Region (Kazakhstan) Complex

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Nova Resources B.V. 100 % Indirect
Vostoktsvetmet LLC (operator) 100 % Direct
KAZ Minerals has been wholly acquired by Nova Resources BV to support the Company’s pursuit of a capital-intensive strategy focused on long-term growth.

KAZ Minerals Limited is a high growth copper company focused on large scale, low cost, open pit mining in Kazakhstan. It operates the Aktogay and Bozshakol open pit copper mines in the Abay and Pavlodar regions of Kazakhstan, three underground mines and associated concentrators in the Abay and East regions of Kazakhstan and the Bozymchak copper-gold mine in Kyrgyzstan.

Vostoktsvetmet is a wholly-owned subsidiary of KAZ Minerals.

Deposit type

  • VMS

Summary:

Artemyevsky is an operating underground mine exploiting a larg, high grade, polymetallic, gold and silver-rich VMS deposit. A number of different steeply dipping ore bodies have been identified in the deposit, the most important of which is the Main Orebody, with a strike length of 1,300 m and maximum thickness of 200 m. This is the sole source of ore at the present time, with working on the 7, 8, 9 and 10 Levels. The higher-grade but less continuous Talovskaya Orebody is located 50-150 m in the footwall of the main Orebody, while the Kamishinskaya orebody forms a protective pillar below an old open pit and to protect the underground workings from flooding.

There are further six orebodies that form series sub-parallel lenses gently pitching to the east of the Main and Talovskaya orebodies.

The ore shows a vertical gradation through the individual bodies of polymetallic ores at the top, barite/polymetallic ores, polymetallic ores, copper/zinc ores and copper ores at the base. There are copper rich mineralised zones below these orebodies within the footwall volcanics of the Tavolka formation.

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Comminution

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Production

CommodityProductUnits20202019201820172016
Zinc Metal in concentrate kt  ....  Subscribe15*11*19*22*
Silver Metal in copper conc. oz 0
Gold Metal in copper conc. oz 0
Zinc Concentrate kt
* Combined production for Artemyevsky Mine and Irtyshsky Mine

Operational metrics

Metrics202020192018201720162015
Ore tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe1,235 kt1,238 kt1,305 kt1,309 kt1,289 kt
Annual mining capacity  ....  Subscribe1.6 Mt

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Financials

Units2018
Capital expenditures M USD 30  

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Personnel

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