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Kazakhstan to attract foreign investors in mining sector

25 september 2024

Kazakh authorities have met with a number of domestic mining companies and foreign investors to develop new deposits in the country.

At the Central Asia Mining&Metals international exhibition which was held in Almaty from September 17 to 19, a state investment body Kazakh Invest organized a meeting with a domestic investor Lomonosovskoye LLP to develop an iron ore deposit in the Kostanay region with help from UAE and European investors, and held talks with representatives of Norilsk Nickel on copper and gold mining.

At the end of the bilateral negotiations within the framework of the exhibition, negotiations were held with a large Iranian company in the mining industry, Fakoor Sanat Tehran. The company expressed interest in the implementation of iron ore projects in Kazakhstan.

A domestic junior subsoil user company and representatives of Nornickel discussed the development of copper and gold deposits in the Almaty region. Representatives of Norilsk Nickel are considering investing in mining projects in Kazakhstan and exploring subsurface use areas from the pool of national company projects.

Theodor Lisovoy, Managing Editor, Rough&Polished