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Companies & Organisations
Bogatyr Komir CEO Yevgeny Masternak confirmed the sale of Kazakhstan's largest coal mine to Qatar-linked Primet LLC is in process, as the company outlines plans to grow output from 45 million to…
Companies & Organisations
Central Asia Metals reported higher copper and zinc production in January to May 2026 alongside copper prices up nearly 40% year-on-year, with CEO Gavin Ferrar describing H1 2026 as shaping up to…
Companies & Organisations
Samruk-Kazyna's $1.4 billion share placement in exchange for undisclosed state property has prompted speculation that Kazakhstan's government is transferring its 40% ERG stake to the sovereign fund, with the transaction value matching…
Podcasts & Shorts
While ministers signed frameworks at the C5+1 Dialogue in Astana, East Star Resources CEO Alex Walker was presenting to London investors a fully funded deal structure for Kazakhstan's Verkhuba copper deposit —…
Industry News
A London gathering of geoscientists, financiers, lawyers and diplomats produced an unusually candid assessment of Kazakhstan's mining sector: improving but slipping in Fraser Institute rankings, Soviet geological data being unlocked by AI,…
Industry News
The second B5+1 Business Forum in Bishkek brought the largest-ever US commercial delegation to Central Asia as Special Envoy Gor declared the private sector will lead US engagement in the region, with…
Industry News
Kyrgyzstan's natural resources minister met Turkish mining company MTA International to discuss joint geological exploration and rare earth research cooperation, as Bishkek advances its mining transparency agenda and seeks foreign technological partnerships…
Miscellaneous
US Special Envoy Sergio Gor told the first in-person C5+1 Critical Minerals Dialogue in Astana that Washington is fundamentally changing its engagement with Central Asia, with the DFC ready to invest across…
Industry News
Japan's JAEA and Kazakhstan's National Nuclear Centre have launched the EAGLE-4 fast reactor safety programme, covering in-pile and out-of-pile experiments through to 2031 as Japan advances its Generation IV sodium-cooled fast reactor…
Miscellaneous
Kazakhstan's mining sector is drawing unprecedented global attention as Kazatomprom strengthens its balance sheet, ERG's critical minerals portfolio gains strategic recognition and US government-backed financing targets world-class tungsten deposits outside China.