The Republic’s Ministry of Industry and Construction has extended the export restrictions on scrap and waste of ferrous and non-ferrous metals for another six months. While the previous ban only applied to railway transportation, the new directive now covers all forms of transport, according to Kursiv. The ministry’s order prohibits the export of copper, aluminum, and lead scrap, used lead batteries, waste containing lead, cadmium, or mercury, ferrous metal ingots suitable for remelting, and railway track elements.
This measure aims to secure raw materials for Kazakhstan’s metallurgical plants. The country is currently focusing on establishing advanced processing clusters, with the deep processing of secondary metals being a crucial step towards this goal. Additionally, the metal scrap export ban is expected to boost the domestic steel industry.
It should be noted that the ban has faced opposition from third-country buyers of ferrous metal scrap. The Russian Association of Electrometallurgical Enterprises has already voiced its protest.
