Kazakhstan’s coal industry continues to show steady growth, ensuring reliable domestic supply and expanding export potential, the Ministry of Energy reports. In 2025, coal production in Kazakhstan reached 115 million tons, a 7% increase compared to 2024. Of this, 85 million tons were directed to domestic consumption and utilities, while exports totaled 30 million tons.…
A new gold-processing plant, “Kauldy,” has been commissioned in Almalyk at the Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AGMK), aimed at expanding the company’s production capacity and increasing the processing of gold-bearing raw materials. The project was implemented using the company’s internal resources. According to reports, all technological equipment and construction works were carried out using…
Turkish company Miryildiz KZ and the Akimat (state administration) of Kazakhstan’s Abay region signed a memorandum on the construction of a plant to process gold ore from the Zhanan deposit. The project is estimated to cost $482 million. The plant is planned to be built and operational by 2028. Regional authorities have not disclosed the…
The Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AGMK) has received The Copper Mark and The Molybdenum Mark certifications issued by the Copper Mark organization, confirming compliance with international standards for responsible production of copper and molybdenum. The certification confirms that the company’s operations meet established requirements in environmental, social, and production responsibility. AGMK has become the…
Ukrainian company Centravis produced 3.4 thousand tons of seamless stainless pipes in the first quarter of 2026, up by 6% YoY. According to the company’s report, export volumes also increased in January-March. UAH 1.37 billion worth of products were shipped to foreign markets, up by 10%. In the first quarter of last year, Centravis exported…
The Government of Kazakhstan has approved an Investment Agreement for the Construction of a Metallurgical Coke Plant between the Ministry of Energy and LLP Kazakhstan Success Coking Energy. The decree was signed by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov. The project envisions the construction of a facility in Dubovka village, Abai district of Karaganda region, with a…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, at its meeting, at the initiative of the Ministry of Energy, adopted a protocol decision on problematic issues of the functioning of the state enterprise “SkhidGOK”, which were discussed during the visit of the First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal to the Dnipro…
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has signed a contract for over $20 million with companies from Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan to mine gold at the Qala-e-Zal deposit in Qala-e-Zal district of Kunduz Province. “The five-year contract was signed by the Minister of Mines and Petroleum, Hedayatullah Badri, in the presence of the Ambassadors of Azerbaijan…