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Companies & Organisations
China's East Hope Group is pushing ahead with a $12.6 billion plan to build a fully integrated aluminium production chain in Kazakhstan, encompassing bauxite mining, alumina refining, and primary smelting across the…
Companies & Organisations
China's East Hope Group is exploring a 1 GW coal power plant to anchor a new aluminium complex in Kazakhstan's Kostanay Region, with Kazakhstan's energy minister pledging full ministerial support for the…
Industry News
Erdoğan's state visit to Astana comes as Kazakhstan-Turkey bilateral trade surged 45% in early 2026, with copper exports more than doubling, as the two countries deepen a strategic partnership built on Middle…
Industry News
Chinese exports of dysprosium, terbium and yttrium remain roughly 50% below pre-restriction levels more than a year after Beijing's April 2025 controls, with Japan receiving just 4% of normal dysprosium volumes and…
MINEX Forum News
The fight for midstream processing in Central Asia is not just a regional economic issue; it is the linchpin of global clean energy security. Escaping the green resource curse is the only…
Industry News
Poland's trade agency in Astana says the Poland-Kazakhstan Business Forum has confirmed growing Polish company interest in energy efficiency, renewables and green technology cooperation as Kazakhstan advances its energy transition agenda.
Industry News
A comparative analysis of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan argues that the energy transition risks creating a "green resource curse" for mineral-rich countries unless they can master midstream processing — and that South Korea's…
Companies & Organisations
Zhaojin Mining's chief investment officer says the company is targeting gold mine acquisitions in West Africa, Central Asia and Asia Pacific, positioning to absorb assets being divested by Western miners as Chinese…
Companies & Organisations
The EBRD has raised its stake in Sarytogan Graphite to 18.4% with an AUD 1.4 million follow-on investment, funding a definitive feasibility study at one of the world's largest high-grade graphite deposits…
Companies & Organisations
The Kazzinc explosion has intensified scrutiny of Glencore's planned exit from Kazakhstan, with analyst Rasul Rysmambetov warning that selling before resolving decades of environmental damage would let a highly profitable foreign investor…