Kazakhstan: copper exports decline

Global copper demand is steadily growing, making it a strategic resource for many countries, including Kazakhstan, which has significant reserves and a developed processing system. Against this backdrop, the dynamics of refined copper production in the country are particularly significant, reflecting both internal processes in the industry and its response to global economic trends. According…

Kazakhstan: Karaganda region creating aluminum cluster

A project to create a complex of scrap metal processing and aluminum product manufacturing facilities is being implemented in the Saryarka Free Economic Zone (SEZ) in Kazakhstan’s Karaganda region, the regional akimat (regional state administration) has announced. The project will be based on the full-cycle Silumin of Qazaqstan plant currently under construction in the free…

Kazakhstan: Mitsubishi to begin importing gallium

Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp. plans to begin importing the rare metal gallium from Kazakhstan later this year to diversify supply sources of critical materials. The company said its subsidiary Mitsubishi Corporation RtM Japan Ltd. reached a deal in December 2025 with the government-affiliated Aluminium of Kazakhstan JSC to procure 15 tons of gallium per…