Overview

• Saleable ore jumped 42% year-on-year to 1.8 million tonnes after annual mine preparation activities.
• Copper production surged 119% year-on-year due to improved raw material sourcing and ferro chrome output rose 150% sequentially after furnace restarts.
• Saleable zinc output fell 5% to 202 kt and silver declined 11% to 149 t on lower mine inputs.
• Oil and gas volumes dropped 17% to 8.5 million barrels oil equivalent per day while power sales edged up 11% sequentially to 4,791 million units.
• Aluminium output rose 1% to 605 kt as pig iron climbed 4% to 213 kt, but total steel production slipped 2% following planned furnace maintenance.