лOREANDA-NEWS. October 13, 2009. Kazakhmys PLC notes comments in the press and announces that it is in discussion with the China Development Bank and JSC Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna regarding a potential corporate loan facility of around USD 2 billion. The loan would help fund the development of major growth projects. We will update the market should negotiations result in a facility being signed.

Kazakhmys PLC is an international natural resources company, listed in the UK, with its principal operations in Kazakhstan and the surrounding region. The core business is the production and sale of copper.  Kazakhmys is fully integrated from mining ore through to the production of finished metal.  The copper division also produces significant volumes of other metals as by-products, including zinc, silver and gold.