Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Industry and Construction has reviewed its 2025 performance and outlined strategic priorities for the coming years during a Board meeting chaired by First Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar.
Opening the session, Industry and Construction Minister Yersayin Nagaspayev said the sector had entered a new phase of development, supported by rising industrial output, record housing completions, major investment projects, and reforms in subsoil use.
Manufacturing output grew by 6.4% in 2025, driven by gains in metallurgy, mechanical engineering, chemicals, construction materials, and rubber and plastics production. A total of 190 projects worth approximately 1.5 trillion tenge were commissioned, creating more than 22,000 permanent jobs. Three new special economic zones were established, and 13 major investment agreements were signed.
The construction sector also delivered record results, with 20.1 million square metres of housing commissioned, exceeding the planned target. A new Construction Code was adopted to support long-term sector stability.
In subsoil use, the updated Subsoil Code introduced legislative and institutional reforms to strengthen the country’s mineral resource base. Seventeen new deposits were registered, and detailed geological mapping at a 1:50,000 scale will cover 100,000 square kilometres this year.
Digital transformation featured prominently in the review. The Unified Subsoil Use Platform now provides 22 online public services and has issued more than 700 licences. Approximately 4.6 million geological reports have been digitised. AI-based construction monitoring and a digital project management system for energy and utilities modernisation were also launched.
Looking ahead to 2026–2027, the ministry plans large-scale digital reforms in construction, mandatory digital twins for industrial enterprises from 2027, expanded smart utility metering, and broader use of Big Data and AI in geological exploration. Around 200 industrial projects worth 1.7 trillion tenge are scheduled for launch in 2026, with nearly 19,400 new jobs expected.
Concluding the meeting, Sklyar stressed the Ministry’s heightened accountability under Kazakhstan’s evolving constitutional framework and instructed officials to accelerate investment planning, expand geological exploration to 2.2 million square kilometres, strengthen rare earth and rare metal strategies, and advance nationwide digitalisation initiatives.
