A meeting of the Board was held at the Ministry of Industry and Construction under the chairmanship of Roman Sklyar, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The event was attended by representatives of the Presidential Administration, the Government Secretariat, state agencies, regional akimats, national companies, as well as members of the Public Council and subordinate organizations.

During the meeting, the Ministry’s performance for 2025 and plans for the upcoming period were reviewed.

Opening the meeting, Minister of Industry and Construction Yersayin Nagaspayev noted that in the Address to the People of Kazakhstan and at the expanded Government meeting, the Head of State had set a number of specific tasks for the Ministry.

“The results of 2025 confirm that Kazakhstan’s industry and construction sectors are entering a new stage of development. Production growth, record housing volumes, new investment projects, and reforms in the subsoil use sector form the foundation for a further qualitative leap forward,” emphasized Yersayin Nagaspayev.

Growth in the Manufacturing Sector

According to the Minister of Industry and Construction, by the end of 2025, production growth in the manufacturing sector reached 6.4%.

This positive trend was driven by growth in metallurgy (up 1.2%), mechanical engineering (up 12.9%), the chemical industry (up 9.8%), the production of construction materials (up 9.7%), rubber and plastic products (up 7.6%), and other sectors.

A total of 190 projects worth approximately 1.5 trillion tenge were commissioned, creating more than 22,000 permanent jobs.

The Register of Kazakhstani Manufacturers was launched, with more than 800 companies registered in the system.

Three new special economic zones (SEZs “Aktobe,” “Atyrau,” and “Korkyt Ata”) were established, and 13 investment agreements for major projects were signed.

Plans for 2026

At the same time, Deputy Ministers of Industry and Construction Olzhas Saparbekov, Kuandyk Kazhkenov, Iran Sharhan, and Zhanat Dubirova also delivered reports during the meeting, presenting in detail the results for 2025 and plans for the coming period regarding the Ministry’s key areas of activity.

In 2026, as part of the National Project “Modernization of the Energy and Utilities Sectors,” plans call for the renovation of 2,800 kilometers of wastewater networks and 5,000 kilometers of water supply networks, reducing their wear and tear by 2030 to 33% and 41%, respectively.

In industry, a transition to large-scale digitalization is expected, with standards being phased in gradually. By 2026, a regulatory framework will be established, and starting in 2027, digital twins will become a mandatory standard for industrial enterprises. This means that key production processes will transition to a controlled digital loop.

This year, approximately 200 projects totaling 1.7 trillion tenge are planned for implementation. The launch of these projects will create approximately 19,400 permanent jobs. The following key projects will be implemented: mineral fertilizer production in the Zhambyl region (“EuroChem-Karatau”),  ferrosilicon production in the Pavlodar region (“Mineral Product International”), a forging and rail banding complex in the Pavlodar region (“Railcast Systems”), the production of trucks and road construction equipment (“Barys Truck Manufactory”), and the production of HOWO trucks (“Saran Machinery”) in the Karaganda region. Once all projects reach full capacity, their production volume will total approximately 2.3 trillion tenge, including planned exports worth 0.5 trillion tenge and import substitution worth 1.5 trillion tenge.

Speaking at the Collegium, Roman Sklyar instructed the Ministry’s leadership to ensure the implementation of a number of key priorities, including the development of a five-year medium-term plan with effective investment projects, the development of human resources, the introduction of a new SEZ development model within one month, the updating of the plan for rare and rare-earth metals, regulatory regulation of the export of raw materials containing precious metals and the export of jewelry, the adoption of a light industry development plan, the expansion of geological and geophysical surveys to 2.2 million square kilometers with a transition to a 1:50,000 scale, implementation of the regulatory framework for the new Building Code, strengthening of the Gradkadastr system, promotion of housing construction and mortgage programs, as well as, within the framework of the Year of Digitalization, the launch of the National Industrial Information System, digitization of the subsoil cadastre, development of an AI-based geodatabase, improvement of “e-Qurylys,” and digitization of cost estimation through the approval of AGSK-3.

Overall, following the meeting of the Collegium, priority areas for further work were identified, taking into account the instructions of the Head of State given in the Address and at the expanded meeting of the Government.

Source: Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan