Production of the manufacturing industry is growing in Kazakhstan – Roman Bilousov

In the first eight months, Kazakhstan's manufacturing industry recorded a production volume of 14.9 trillion tenge (30.3 billion US dollars), which is 4.9% more compared to the same period last year, First Deputy Prime Minister Roman said. Sklyar at a press conference on October 8. conferences.

According to the press service of the Prime Minister, the share of the industry in the GDP reached 12.5% due to metallurgy, mechanical engineering, chemical industry and pharmaceuticals. The growth of metallurgy was facilitated by the modernization of the Qarmet enterprise by a national investor, the stabilization of production and a 13.5% increase in employee salaries.

Sklyar recalled plans for 180 projects worth 1.3 trillion tenge ($2.6 billion) to be launched this year. The government is closely monitoring 17 breakthrough projects in metallurgy, oil refining, petrochemicals, mechanical engineering and chemistry.

The government is tasked with reducing the wear and tear of heating networks to 40% by 2030. Thanks to the work carried out in recent years, this indicator decreased from 61% to 52%.

Sklyar noted the "Tariff in exchange for investments" program, where this year a record amount of financing for repairs of heat generators was allocated for the total amount of 327 billion tenge ($665.3 million). He added that a record 52 billion tenge (US$105.8 million) had been allocated for firefighting equipment in fire-prone areas.

Sklyar announced plans to introduce about 6.7 gigawatts of electricity by 2028, including 700 megawatts in 2024.

"We have undertaken to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. Gradual decommissioning of old coal-fired power plants is inevitable. In this regard, building one's own nuclear power plant is the only acceptable option," he said, recalling the recent referendum. "I would like to note that 415 nuclear reactors are already operating in the world. Another 62 are under construction. By 2050, a threefold increase in the use of nuclear energy is predicted. Therefore, the decision to build a nuclear power plant was dictated not only by necessity, but also by global trends in the use of peaceful atoms."

Speaking about investment attraction work, Sklyar noted that since the beginning of the year, the Investment Headquarters has considered 88 investment projects worth almost 45 billion dollars. Investment projects are supported on the National Digital Investment Platform, where 755 projects have already been registered.