Kazakhstan copper producer pauses some operations after deadly accidents

Kazakhmys is the world's 20th largest shaper of copper concentrate. Photo: Ruslan PRYANIKOV / AFP
Source: AFP

Kazakhstan's largest copper shaper Kazakhmys said Wednesday it was temporarily halting immoderate of its operations owed to the "growing number" of concern accidents astatine its accumulation facilities.

Eight radical person died astatine the group's sites since February, 7 of whom were killed erstwhile a cooper excavation successful the Central Asian state partially collapsed.

"Kazakhmys Group is temporarily suspending accumulation astatine perchance hazardous sites and is reinforcing information measures crossed the board," the institution said successful a statement.

It said it would transportation retired inspections astatine its sites and would lone reopen them erstwhile erstwhile "all violations person been rectified".

Kazakhmys says it is the world's 20th largest shaper of copper concentrate, a processed signifier of copper ore that has been refined to boost its cooper content.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev past period ordered his authorities to instrumentality measures to rectify workplace safety, describing caller concern accidents arsenic "unacceptable" and accusing companies of not investing enough.

In October 2023, a occurrence astatine an ArcelorMittal excavation successful the Karaganda portion killed 46 radical successful the worst mining catastrophe successful Kazakhstan's history.

Source: AFP