April 24 (Reuters) - 
    * CHELYABINSK ZINC PLANT  CHZN.MM  IS CLOSE TO COMPLETING
LARGE-SCALE MODERNIZATION, AIMED AT INCREASING OUTPUT TO 200,000
TONNES IN 2019 - CEO PAVEL IZBREKHT TOLD REUTERS
    * THE FIVE-YEAR MODERNIZATION, WHICH CAME TO RUB 3.5
BILLION,
SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER 
    * CHELYABINSK ZINC PLANT PLANS TO FOCUS ON MINERAL RESOURCES
IN
ALTAI, HOPING FOR FURTHER GROWTH OF ZINC CONSUMPTION IN RUSSIA
    * THE COMPANY SEES 2017 REVENUE HIGHER THAN RUB 23.4 BLN IT
REPORTED IN 2016
    * "FOR THE CURRENT YEAR THERE ARE ALSO CERTAIN PLANS FOR
GROWTH,
THERE ARE GOOD INDICATIONS FOR THAT - PRICES AND GROWTH OF
OUTPUT INDICATORS" - CEO
    * IZBREKHT EXPECTS GROWTH OF ZINC CONSUMPTION IN RUSSIA IN
2018 TO
220,000-230,000 TONNES
    * IZBREKHT BELIEVES THAT IN TWO-THREE YEAR PERSPECTIVE, SOME
PRICE
REDUCTION IS POSSIBLE, AS AT THE CURRENT LEVEL OF PRICES,
PRODUCERS WILL INCREASE CAPACITY FOR BOTH ZINC AND ZINC RAW
MATERIALS

    
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 Further company coverage:  CHZN.MM  
   


 (Reporting by Natalya Shurmina, translated by Gdynia Newsroom)
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