The Ministry of Industry and Construction of Kazakhstan has introduced a new technical regulation, “Requirements for Coal and Coal Processing Products”, via Order No. 84 dated March 11, 2025. The regulation will take effect 12 months after its official publication.
The rules apply to:
- Coal and its sorted, enriched, and agglomerated products.
- Thermochemical coal processing products, including coke, semi-coke, coal tar, coal oil, boiler fuel, and activated carbon.
Key changes include:
- Clear classification of coal grades and processed products.
- Updated conformity assessment procedures.
- Removal of mining process requirements (covered by other laws).
- Differentiated safety standards based on coal type and processing method.
For example, the regulation now explicitly covers coke, semi-coke, and activated carbon, classified under the Eurasian Economic Union’s trade codes. New rules also set storage limits for processed coal products and fire safety standards.
To support compliance, 52 mandatory standards and 116 additional standards for conformity assessment have been developed.
The current regulation (“Safety Requirements for Coal and Its Mining, Processing, Storage, and Transportation”, 2010 No. 731) will be repealed once the new rules take effect.
