Kazzinc LTD Kazakhstan

Kazzinc is a Kazakhstani mining company founded in 1997, when a majority stake was privatised to Swiss commodity trader Glencore.[1] It has 6 mines and several smelters, and produces zinc, lead and copper, and also has interests in gold and silver mining.
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.