ArmInfo. In January-July 2025, the metallurgical industry of Armenia reversed its annual dynamics from 7% growth to 7% decline. According to the data of the RA Statistical Committee, this was provoked by a decline in the volumes of the dominant production - copper concentrate, as well as molybdenum concentrate and ferromolybdenum.
In particular, during the reporting period, the production of copper concentrate decreased by 8% per annum (against a growth of 14.5% a year earlier), amounting to 159.1 thousand tons.
The production of molybdenum concentrate was delayed in decline with a slowdown in annual rates from 39.7% to 14.9%, and the production of ferromolybdenum - from 44.9% to 35.1%, the volumes of which amounted to 8,309.1 thousand tons and 1,725.8 thousand tons, respectively, in the reporting period.
Along with this, the annual growth of zinc concentrate production slowed - from 18.5% to 6.9%, with a volume of 6,667 thousand tons. A slowdown in annual growth was also noted in the production of steel pipes - from 21.7% to 4.6%, with a volume of 13,704.9 thousand tons.
At the same time, the annual dynamics of aluminum foil production improved, with a 2% growth from a 34.8% decline, ensuring a volume of 11,726.2 thousand tons.
It should be noted that according to customs data, Armenia increased its copper ore exports by 20.4% in 2024, to 341.5 thousand tons (against a 20.4% decline in 2023). At the same time, the customs value of copper ore increased by 15.5%, to $558.3 million.
Copper ore was mainly exported to China (76.6%), Bulgaria (13.3%), Serbia (2.8%), Switzerland (2.6%), Russia (2.4%), Iran (2.2%). Very small supplies were exported to the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
In 2024, export deliveries of zinc concentrate also increased by 29.6% (versus a 23.8% decline in 2023), amounting to 11.6 thousand tons. At the same time, the customs value increased by 42% - to $ 17.6 million. The entire volume, as in 2023, went to Belgium.
At the same time, the export of molybdenum concentrate increased by 2.5% in 2024 (against 8.2% growth in 2023), amounting to 11.4 thousand tons, with a decrease in customs value by 4.1% - to $ 220.6 million. Molybdenum concentrate was supplied from Armenia to the markets of Belgium (41.6%), China (17.9%), Russia (13.2%), Hong Kong (7.7%), the Republic of Korea (6.3%), Thailand (5.3%), the Netherlands (4.9%), as well as Slovenia, Austria, India, Australia, the United Kingdom.
In 2024, Armenia reduced the export of aluminum foil by 20% (against a 22.5% decline in 2023) - to 20.3 thousand tons.
The customs value of exported aluminum foil decreased by 21.4% to $68.6 million. The main export volumes went to Germany (26.7%) and Poland (22.1%), followed by the Netherlands (14.3%), Italy (13.2%), Spain (7.1%), France (6.5%), Russia (4.3%), Slovenia (2.1%), the Czech Republic (2%), the United Kingdom (0.7%), Greece (0.6%). Much smaller volumes were exported to Albania, Belgium, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and Belarus.
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