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Kazakhmys
"Kazakhmys PLC is a leading international natural resources group with significant interests in copper,
gold, zinc, silver, power generation and petroleum. It is the largest copper producer in Kazakhstan
and one of the top ten worldwide with 15 operating mines, 10 concentrators and 2 copper smelters.
Kazakhmys Copper operations are fully integrated from mining ore through to the production of
finished copper cathode and rod. Total copper cathode equivalent produced in 2009 from own ore was
320,000 tonnes. Production is backed by a captive power supply and significant rail infrastructure.
Kazakhmys Copper produces significant volumes of other metals, including zinc, silver and gold. In
2009, it produced 149,000 tonnes of zinc in concentrate. The Group is in the top ten largest silver
producers in the world (17 million ounces produced in 2009).
Kazakhmys Power has a 50% interest in the coal fired Ekibastuz GRES-1 plant, the largest in
Kazakhstan with a nameplate capacity of 4,000 MW.
Kazakhmys Petroleum is continuing its work programme at the East Akzhar exploration block, located
on the eastern fringe of the Caspian depression, which was acquired in April 2007.
The Group is part of the FTSE-100 index of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange and is
also listed on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE). It had revenues of $3.7 billion in 2009 with
EBITDA of $1.6 billion. The Group employs some 62,000 people, principally in Kazakhstan. The
Group?s strategic aim is optimise its current operations, deliver its major growth projects and to
diversify and participate in the development of the significant natural resource opportunities in Central
Asia."

This is the company operating nearby. One would have thought they would have had first crack at Yellowstone?