29.10.2024, 19:25 169286
Kazakhstan Automobile Union: 10 car component manufacturing projects in work, some of which already been launched
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President of Kazakhstan Automobile Union Anar Makasheva at the Government session chaired by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov reported on the development of the automotive industry, primeminister.kz reports.
The domestic automotive industry today consists of eight enterprises producing vehicles. In the first 9 months of 2024, 91 thousand units of motor vehicles were produced in Kazakhstan, with an industrial production index of 86.7%.
The Head of State in his Address noted the need to increase localisation and transition to the production of automotive components. Already today our manufacturers have committed to deepening technological operations for small-unit production, which is the basis for the development of production of automotive components," Anar Makasheva noted.
At the stage of implementation of large-scale projects, such as: multi-brand plant in Almaty, plant for the production of Kia cars in Kostanai.
These projects are direct co-operation with world manufacturers. Modern equipment is being installed at the enterprises, over 30 per cent of the production volume will be immediately produced by the small-unit method. In all countries of the world there was a stage-by-stage development of production. The first stage of development of automobile industry in Kazakhstan has already been completed," Anar Makasheva emphasised.
Today there are 10 projects in the works to produce automotive components, some of which have already been launched. According to the head of the automotive union, this will partially reduce dependence on imported supplies, ensure the stability of production processes, reduce the cost of products and create jobs. Industrial co-operation between manufacturers of vehicles and auto components is being established at production sites in the cities of Kostanai and Almaty.
It is proposed to use the cluster method by creating a belt of small and medium-sized businesses around existing enterprises. That is, if production of such a component has already been established in Kazakhstan, all car manufacturers buy from this supplier. This eliminates excessive duplication and enables the development of more projects in this area," Anar Makasheva explained.
Such measures help develop the component base and attract investment to Kazakhstan. Moreover, each job in production creates an additional 7-8 jobs in related industries. Manufacturers will be able to increase localisation and reduce the cost of cars.
We have an ambitious task to organise additional jobs in the industry. About 5 thousand new employees are needed already during 2025. The President noted the acute problem of the shortage of industry specialists. There is a particular shortage of engineers and representatives of working professions. All manufacturers work closely with colleges and higher education institutions throughout Kazakhstan. But working specialities are less popular and the number of interested students is limited. We fully support the President's initiative to improve the image of working professions and reform the education system. These include grants for engineers, experience exchange and dual training programmes, and the construction of dormitories. A systematic approach is needed here. In turn, the automotive industry offers grants, training, and a social package for its employees," Anar Makasheva summarised.
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27.11.2024, 09:48 23856
Water saving, emission reduction without damage to crops: Kazakhstan to collect agro-drones
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The effectiveness of using and scaling up the practice of using agrodrones in agriculture was considered at a meeting in the Government chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin, primeminister.kz reports.
International experience of agrodrones application in more than 100 countries of the world shows significant advantages of using unmanned aerial vehicles instead of ground-based spraying equipment. More than 500 million hectares of fields have already been treated with the help of agrodrones in the world. Due to minimal water consumption, it has been possible to save about 210 million tonnes of water and reduce CO2 emissions by 25 million tonnes. Agrodrones make it possible to cultivate and explore land in hard-to-reach places. They work in any weather and time of day, during rain and at night.
To give you an example, a self-propelled sprayer spends 150 litres of water per hectare, that's about 750,000 litres of water for 5,000 hectares. While a drone needs 50 thousand litres to treat the same amount of area, this is more than 15 times less. In addition, a self-propelled sprayer crushes the track during operation, causing the farmer to lose about 6% of the crop. TheUAV does not cause such damage to crops," Sanzhar Nurgazinov, a representative of a company that operates agrodrones, said at the meeting.
To scale up the use of UAVs for inspection, pest control and dangerous plant diseases in Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Agriculture signed a memorandum with the Chinese company Eavision to import 80 agrodrones. These vehicles will be sold among agricultural producers. In addition, a joint Kazakh-Chinese enterprise Sunkar Eavision International LLP has been established, which will assemble domestic drones in the FEZ of the Alatau Information Technology Park.
Together with the SPK of the regions, the issue of opening demonstration and service centres for agrodrones in Turkestan, Taraz, in the regions of Abay and Zhetysu has been worked out. The issue of training of assemblers and pilots on the basis of three educational institutions: Talgar Polytechnic College, College of IT-technologies in Semey and Agricultural College in Kaplanbek village of Turkestan region," Deputy Minister of Agriculture Yermek Kenzhekhanuly noted.
At the same time, work is underway to create the software needed to survey pest infestations and carry out treatments. It is envisaged to link the survey activities with the conducted treatments in the Kazakhstan Garysh Sapary information system GIS "PhytoKZ".
Serik Zhumangarin set a task for the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry to study the possibility of developing its own software for agro-industry management.
Following the meeting, Serik Zhumangarin instructed the Ministry of Agriculture to develop a roadmap for the development and implementation of agrodrones in agriculture by the end of February 2025, taking into account the selection or development of the necessary software, the creation of service centres, training of specialists, mainly from rural youth, to work with UAVs; KazAgroFinance to work out measures to support agrarians to purchase agrodrones within the available funds.
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26.11.2024, 20:44 24066
Training of IT specialists, export of information technologies, AI training: Government considers IT industry development issues
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Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry Zhaslan Madiyev at the Government session reported on the ongoing work on the development of the IT-industry, primeminister.kz reports.
In particular, he reported that in 2024 the IT-industry of Kazakhstan continued its dynamic growth. The number of IT-companies reached 18 683. Growth of 16% over the last three years. Over the same period, the average monthly salary of IT-specialists increased by 54%. It reached 673 thousand tenge, reflecting the high demand for qualified staff and competitive labour conditions. Employment in the IT sector increased by 12 per cent. It reached 187 thousand people.
According to the Minister, the Astana Hub international technology park was launched in 2018. Today it confirms its role as a centre for the development of IT startups in Kazakhstan. The technopark has united more than 1.5 thousand participants. Among them 1102 Kazakhstani and 437 foreign companies. The total revenue of the participants totalled 1.2 trillion tenge. Growth of 31 times over the last five years. Export revenue for the three quarters of this year reached 143 billion tenge. Annual growth is already more than 10 times in four years. Thus, the minister noted, Astana Hub continues to strengthen its position as the leading technology park in the region.
At the same time, the development of regional hubs has become a key element of the innovation ecosystem. To date, there are 17 such platforms operating across the country. They actively promote the development of local startups and entrepreneurship. All programmes for the development of startups and the IT industry are available to regional IT hubs. It is planned to connect another hub in Petropavlovsk by the end of the year. Thus, regional hubs are becoming an important driver of IT industry development in Kazakhstan. This should contribute to the discovery of talents and creation of a strong innovation ecosystem, the Minister added.
Also, Kazakhstan has created a "Single Window" of the national innovation system. Most measures of state support for IT-specialists, innovators and scientific figures are displayed here. A mobile application is also available.
The portal ensures transparency and efficiency in the distribution of state support measures. Today it is used by more than half a million people annually. The portal can be said to have become a single window similar to EGOV.
In addition, conditions are being created to attract talented professionals from all over the world. The Expat Centre operates on the basis of MFCA. It serves as a single window for foreign specialists to receive state services.
Along with this, a special visa for IT-specialists - Digital Nomad Visa - has been launched in fulfilment of the Head of State's instruction. It allows obtaining an electronic visa under simplified procedures.
Another programme Digital Nomad Residency is also being actively worked on. It simplifies the procedure for obtaining a residence permit online. It is planned to be launched next month.
In order to implement the Head of State's instruction, the Tech Orda programme has been launched, which aims to train 20,000 IT specialists by 2025 by stimulating private IT schools. Over the last 3 years, about 82 thousand IT specialists have been trained. Private IT schools have trained more than 16 thousand specialists. Work in this direction is carried out within the framework of providing the labour market with qualified personnel.
Zhaslan Madiyev, by the way, cited successful stories of Tech Orda programme graduates, who from absolutely other industries were able to move to the IT sphere.
The Minister also noted that it is necessary to draw attention to the development of IT-industry of the world professional community.
From 3 to 5 September 2024 for the first time in Kazakhstan, Astana hosted the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Digital Inclusion and Transformation. The conference was attended by 186 delegates from more than 30 countries. The total number of participants exceeded 1,500. One of the key outcomes was the adoption of the Astana Ministerial Declaration, which defines further steps to accelerate digital transformation in the region.
From 15 to 20 September 2024, Kazakhstan hosted the ICPC - the largest student world championship in sports programming. This strengthened the country's position as the IT hub of Central Asia. Out of 73,000 participants from 110 countries, 142 teams from 50 countries made it to the finals. The MUIT team entered the top 30 best teams in the world.
In addition, such significant events as the Digital Bridge International Forum and Digital Almaty have been organised since 2018. They annually attract more than 30 thousand participants.
Another important point is the export of IT services. Kazakhstan is showing rapid growth in this matter. In 2023, the volume of exports reached $529 million. In the first half of 2024, this figure was $306 million.
We are confidently moving towards reaching the mark of $1bn by 2026 according to the Head of State's instruction. Today IT services from Kazakhstan are exported to 86 countries. This confirms the high demand for our digital solutions and our ability to compete at the global level," the Minister said.
For example, Astana Hub together with Google for Startups annually conduct a 12-week accelerator programme Silkway Accelerator. Startup projects from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and other countries take part in the programme. The beginning of a long-term partnership between Astana Hub and Draper University within the Hero Training programme was laid.
The Silicon Valley Residency Programme and AlchemistX Accelerator accelerator programmes were also launched in order to successfully enter the US market. The programmes provide startups with access to leading experts and investors in Silicon Valley.
In addition, the international network is also expanding. Three international IT hubs are now successfully operating in the US, Saudi Arabia and Singapore. All these initiatives help attract talent and open new opportunities for Kazakhstani startups for international co-operation.
Digital developments in the field of GovTech are reaching the international level. In 2023-2024, exports totalled 1.36 billion tenge. Kazakhstan exports e-government solutions to countries such as Tajikistan, Togo, Sierra Leone. The main exported products are Smart Data Ukimet, Smart Bridge and GOV.KZ.
Kazakhstan is also the leader in the region in terms of the volume of venture capital deals. Last year alone they reached $80 million. Significant investments were attracted by companies such as CITIX, Hero's Journey, Higgsfield AI and others. Some of these companies have already reached a valuation of $100 million. These achievements, said the Minister, confirm that Kazakhstan is becoming a key centre of innovation in the region.
In order to fulfil the Head of State's instruction, work is underway to open an Artificial Intelligence Centre in Astana. The Centre's mission is to contribute to the AI transformation of Kazakhstan by attracting talent from across the region. It is planned to train thousands of specialists, hundreds of startups and dozens of research projects in the field of AI every year.
Separately, the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry is proposing a comprehensive approach to training the population in AI technology.
We plan to train 1 million people within five years. Namely 500 thousand schoolchildren, 300 thousand students, 90 thousand civil servants, 80 thousand entrepreneurs and 30 thousand other categories of population. We are currently working on launching educational projects, including the TUMO creative technologies centre for schoolchildren. Also in October this year we opened the first in the region artificial intelligence school TomorrowSchool to train specialists in the field of AI," Zhaslan Madiyev said.
All these initiatives, he said, will help develop the country's human capital, identify talents and promote the development of the IT industry.
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26.11.2024, 18:30 24351
Olzhas Bektenov instructs akims to create digital infrastructure in regions to support IT specialists
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The Government session chaired by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov considered the issues of development of the digital industry of Kazakhstan, primeminister.kz reports.
The Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Zhaslan Madiyev reported on the work being done to increase the volume of IT exports, improve the security of digital platforms and the implementation of domestic start-ups within the Astana Hub activities, as well as the heads of the IT hub ‘Terricon Valley’ Sabir Niyazov, Arlan BioTech Bolat Sultankulov, ITS Partner Ltd Marat Tastemirov.
Kazakhstan is among the 30 most digitised countries in the world and ranks 8th in terms of online services. In the first half of 2024, exports of IT services grew to $306 million. It is expected that by the end of this year the volume will exceed $600 million. In general, exports have increased 20 times in 5 years. Today, robotisation and artificial intelligence technologies are systematically developing in the country, digital transformation of many spheres continues.
The legislative framework has been formed and is constantly being improved. The Concept of Digital Transformation has been adopted, and favourable economic conditions have been created for the development of the venture capital market and startup ecosystems. More than 1.5 thousand companies are successfully operating on the Astana Hub technopark site, which has become a real innovation cluster and a key partner for many startups. Such breakthrough projects as E-commerce, BigData, GameDev, Fintech, MedTech, etc. have high export potential. Their active development should contribute to the growth of exports of IT products and services to $1 billion by 2026.
Prime Minister noted that the Government would continue to actively support the development of IT-technologies and services. It is necessary to continue the policy of developing regional accelerator programmes and global partner network in other countries.
The Head of State has set the task to bring the contribution of digital technologies to 1% of the economy by 2029 and to achieve at least 80% of the share of local content in IT services. IT hubs and venture capital funds should be the main drivers in achieving this task. Over 6 years, the volume of venture capital financing in Kazakhstan has grown more than 6 times. For further growth, we must attract leading experts in this industry. For this purpose, we need to further develop educational programmes, attract big business and build a competent digital infrastructure. Implementation of tasks on digitalisation, development of IT-industry and cyber security should contribute to the development of the economy," Olzhas Bektenov stressed.
Within the framework of the tasks set by the President on the development of artificial intelligence, active work is underway to improve legislation in this area. Next year, Astana plans to launch the Artificial Intelligence Centre, which should become a point of attraction for young talent. The Ministry of Digitalisation has been instructed to keep this issue under special control.
The priority task today is the training of highly qualified IT specialists. The necessary conditions have been created at the Astana Hub. The Ministries of Digital Development, Science and Higher Education, and Education have been instructed to form a concept for further development and training in close co-operation with Astana Hub and regional hubs. At the same time, the importance of quality rather than quantity of graduates is emphasised. It is also necessary to constantly update the approaches to increase digital knowledge and skills, taking into account the best global practices.
In addition, in order to fully ensure the digital infrastructure in the regions, due attention to these issues by akimats is necessary. The relevant ministry together with regional akimats has been instructed to take measures to develop Astana Hub, support regional hubs and create favourable conditions for the development of export-oriented areas in the IT industry, as well as to update approaches in the venture capital financing system.
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26.11.2024, 17:26 24561
Railway industry development: 2.8 thousand km of roads repaired and 143 passenger cars renewed by Government
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The Government session chaired by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov considered the issue of development of the railway industry and transit potential, primeminister.kz reports.
The Minister of Transport Marat Karabayev reported on the dynamics of transportations and infrastructure projects, the Chairman of the Board of NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy JSC Nurlan Sauranbayev also made a report.
According to the Ministry of Transport, for 10 months of this year, the volume of freight traffic increased by 3.5% to 263.4 million tonnes. Domestic traffic grew by 9.7% to 156.2m tonnes, while the volume of transit traffic remained at last year's level at 22.4m tonnes.
Large-scale infrastructure projects are being implemented in the country as part of the tasks set by the President to develop the transport and logistics industry. Since last year, more than 2.8 thousand kilometres of railways have been repaired. Renovation of rolling stock continues. As reported by the Chairman of the Board of KTZ Nurlan Sauranbayev, this year alone 185 locomotives and 143 passenger cars have been purchased. In 2028, the fleet of passenger cars will exceed 3 thousand units, which will meet the needs of the country in full.
Prime Minister stressed the need to step up efforts to modernise the industry. Special attention should be paid to railway stations and station infrastructure for today about 90% of them are in need of repair.
The Head of State has set specific tasks to make Kazakhstan a full-fledged transport and logistics hub. The railway industry has a significant development potential and plays a key role in increasing domestic and transit cargo traffic. To achieve these goals, we are modernising existing and building new railways and logistics centres, as well as renewing rolling stock. This makes it possible to significantly improve the efficiency of the country's transport system and its capacity. As a result of the measures taken by 2029 the volume of transit traffic will increase from 28 million tonnes to 45 million tonnes, including transit will increase to 2 million twenty-foot containers," Olzhas Bektenov stressed.
The importance of increasing the competitiveness of Kazakhstani routes on international transport corridors was noted. Prime Minister instructed to complete all procedures for the provision of quality and prompt public services at the border to date has already carried out integration of tax and railway information systems.
The Ministry of Transport and KTZ have been assigned the task to develop specific mechanisms for the implementation of priority infrastructure projects with the identification of sources of funding. At the same time, it is necessary to provide support measures for private carriers, experiencing difficulties in the renewal of rolling stock. Also, the head of the Government instructed to accelerate the improvement of the infrastructure of the port of Aktau for the growth of transshipment of railway cargo and increase the potential of maritime transportations. The Ministry of Transport and Kazakhstan Temir Zholy to ensure the completion of construction of the container hub and dredging of the port in 2025.
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25.11.2024, 09:39 24751
Increasing enrolment in education and health services, eliminating additions and combating the shadow economy: Government considers digital projects
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Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov held a working meeting on the introduction of digital technologies in the spheres of education, healthcare, tax and customs administration as part of the implementation of the tasks set by the Head of State in his Address, primeminister.kz reports.
The positive experience of digitalisation of social services for the population was discussed on the example of the pilot introduction of voucher financing of pre-school organisations and the Social Wallet project.
The system of voucher financing gives access to the state order to all pre-school education institutions provided they meet the requirements, provides an opportunity for parents to independently choose a kindergarten, and ensures the transparency of the process according to the principle: "the money follows the child, not the educational institution".
Deputy Prime Minister Tamara Duisenova informed about approbation of the project in preschool organisations of Taraz, Shymkent and Turkestan cities. It was noted that preliminary results show the real effect of the planned transformation. For example, in Taraz, more than 23 thousand children over two years old, who had been on the waiting list for several years, have already been provided with places in kindergartens. 19 city kindergartens, which previously did not receive the state order, are included in the list. In just 2 months, 600 million tenge of budget funds were saved due to financing on the basis of children's attendance. In Turkestan, 740 vouchers were issued during 2 weeks of the project implementation, and the queue to kindergartens has been practically reduced to zero. There are also positive results in Shymkent. In general, today it is planned to launch the project in cities and districts of these regions with further scaling up throughout the country.
726 state pharmacies operating under polyclinics, or 100 per cent of their total number, are connected to the Social Purse project. A total of 947,000 prescriptions have been processed and dispensed, or more than half. The use of the Social Wallet for free meals for children of the relevant categories is being implemented in 215 schools in Astana, Mangystau, Akmola and West Kazakhstan regions. In 2025, it is planned to distribute sports and creative orders, as well as vouchers to holiday camps through the Social Purse.
When considering the results of labelling of medicines, the Prime Minister was reported on full integration of accounting systems of more than 5.5 thousand subjects. Automated monitoring of the movement of labelled medicines is carried out from the manufacturer to the end consumer. As of today 88.5 million medicines have been labelled.
Olzhas Bektenov noted that the introduction of digitalisation should be aimed at eliminating imputations, improving the efficiency of public services to residents and budget spending. Akims of the regions have been instructed to ensure the implementation of the pilot project on voucher financing. It is also necessary to equip schools with hardware and software complexes integrated with the Social Purse. Ministries of Healthcare and Finance together with Kazakhtelecom should strengthen control and prevent the sale of unlabelled medicines in circulation.
Attention is also paid to the digitalisation of tax and customs administration, planning and budget execution. Deputy Minister of Finance Aset Turysov reported on the work done to implement digital solutions and plans to launch new projects. The Ministry of Finance is implementing the Online Budget Monitoring project, aimed at traceability of state budget execution, strengthening control over effective planning and spending. While earlier checks were carried out manually, the system now processes more than 150 million payments. The Internal State Audit Committee analyses and takes preventive measures in terms of risky payments. As part of this work, more than 4 billion tenge has already been returned to the budget.
The Tapsyru service has been launched in pilot mode to redistribute state property and save budget funds. The platform allows organisations to form a single register of unclaimed property with further simplification of the procedure of transfer from balance sheet to balance sheet and the mechanism of joint agreements. As of today, Tapsyru has 721 participants and more than 313 thousand assets.
In addition, in 2025 it is planned to launch the Unified Personal Cabinet of Entrepreneur portal, which will unite access to personal accounts of the information systems of the Ministry of Finance. The single interface is aimed at solving the problem of disparate services and duplication of data. In addition, it will significantly simplify the processes of management of business situations and interaction between government agencies and entrepreneurs.
Prime Minister stressed that the ongoing work on the implementation of digital solutions should have a real effect in the fight against the shadow economy, increase the efficiency of tax and customs administration, as well as ensure rational planning and spending of budgetary funds.
As a result of the meeting, the responsible government agencies and departments were instructed to accelerate the work on the full and high-quality launch of all projects.
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22.11.2024, 18:53 126906
Kazakh Foreign Ministry comments on situation in Ukraine
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The Embassy of Kazakhstan operates as usual in Ukraine, Aibek Smadiyarov, official spokesperson of the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said Friday, Kazinform News Agency reports.
According to our information, the foreign diplomatic corps continues its work in Kyiv, with no plans to evacuate citizens. There have been no evacuation requests and there are no plans to arrange special flights at this moment, said Aibek Smadiyarov, while talking about the situation in Ukraine. 'As you know, military activities in Ukraine have been underway for more than one year. According to our estimates, there may be around 300 citizens of Kazakhstan staying in the country. However, it’s difficult to give the exact number due to the situation in the country'.
The Kazakh Foreign Ministry added that earlier Kazakhstani nationals, staying in Ukraine, were advised to leave the country.
Smadiyarov noted that Kazakhstani diplomats are ready to provide all necessary assistance to their compatriots, assuring to act as the situation evolves.
Earlier it was reported that Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev gave urgent tasks over the escalation of the situation in Ukraine.
Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov held an operational meeting today to fulfill the tasks of the Head of State to take urgent measures in order to ensure security at the key military and civilian objects over the situation in Ukraine, involving the Defense, Interior, Emergencies, Foreign Affairs, Healthcare, Transport, Energy, Industry and Construction, National Economy and Finance Ministries.
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18.11.2024, 11:58 199921
Kazakh Government to allocate KZT 10 bln to buy grain from farmers
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At the Agriculture's Workers Forum, the Head of State assigned the Government to buy grain directly from farmers through the ProdCorporation in a volume sufficient to keep reasonable market prices. Kazakh Agriculture Minister Aidarbek Saparbayev revealed the Kazakh Government will allocate 10 billion tenge from the reserves to acquire 150,000 tons of grain, Kazinform News Agency reports.
It will be bought through the ProdCorporation to restore the plunge in the grain purchasing process.
He said five export contracts worth 20 million US dollars have already been concluded.
Besides, grain shipping subsidy rules are to be adopted soon. Subsidies are expected to reduce freight charges to the ports of the Black Sea, the Baltics, Southeast Asia, etc., to make the country’s grain competitive in Europe, Africa, Caucasus, and other promising markets.
As earlier reported, the country’s first-ever Agriculture Workers’ Forum took place in Astana on November 15. The Minister highlighted Kazakhstan harvested a record-high 26.7 million tons of grain in 2024.
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13.11.2024, 16:34 134206
Olzhas Bektenov holds meeting on rare and rare-earth metals industry development in fulfilment of President's Address
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Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov held a meeting on the development of the industry of rare and rare earth metals in fulfilment of the instruction of the Head of State, voiced in the Address "Economic Course of Fair Kazakhstan", primeminister.kz reports.
The development of the industry will strengthen Kazakhstan's position in the world market, attract technology and capital, as well as expand participation in the supply chain in new sectors of the economy.
The Minister of Industry and Construction, Kanat Sharlapayev, reported on the current state and measures being taken, and reports were also made by the heads of NAC Kazatomprom JSC, NGK Tau-Ken Samruk JSC, and the RSE National Centre for Technological Forecasting.
Kazakhstan is home to one of the world's three full-cycle plants for the production of beryllium, scandium, one of the world's four tantalum and niobium production facilities. According to the Ministry of Industry and Construction, the country's metallurgical plants extract bismuth, antimony, selenium and telluride, and there is a technology to produce gallium from alumina and indium from polymetallic raw materials. In November this year, production of tungsten concentrate was launched at Boguty deposit in Almaty region with capacity of up to 3.3 million tonnes. The total investment in the project amounted to $350 million.
Head of the Government was also reported on the work on promising projects in the development of tungsten ores and deepening of processing of raw materials to ammonium paravolphramate, creation of a cluster for the production of magnets.
Attention was paid to the development of sectors for the production of battery materials, permanent magnets, recycling and production of heat-resistant alloys. Projects are being implemented to mine and process the necessary metals. For example, at one of the world's largest deposits Sarytogan, it is planned to produce graphite concentrate with upgrading to finished products. Since 2024, Kazakhstan has been producing manganese sulphate monohydrate, which covers 5% of the global market. Projects are also being implemented to develop lithium deposits by German company Bergbau AG, and the Korean institute KIGAM is conducting geological and geophysical studies of lithium in the East Kazakhstan region. At the same time, it is planned to set up production of heat-resistant nickel alloys, which make up to 50 per cent of the cost of jet aircraft engines, based on rhenium, tantalum, tungsten, nickel and cobalt. As of today, the country has set up processing of scrap blades of aircraft engines.
Olzhas Bektenov noted the potential of Kazakh companies to conduct geological exploration, including feasibility studies, to further attract investment. This approach will expand Kazakhstan's share in the world production of rare and rare earth metals. Prime Minister emphasised that the Government will support domestic research institutes and manufacturers.
Development of the industry of rare and rare earth metals requires the active participation of domestic financial institutions. The Ministry of Industry and Construction together with the holding company "Baiterek" has been instructed to develop a model for the creation of a cluster with a full cycle of production chain - from mining of raw materials to the production of products of deep processing. The Ministry of Industry and Construction was instructed to work out the issue of creating a laboratory with international accreditation.
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