BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 24. Kazakhstan and the
European Union have signed a series of agreements aimed at
expanding industrial cooperation, Ministry of Industry and
Construction reports.
The documents were signed in Brussels during President
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s official visit to Belgium. Kazakhstan’s
Ministry of Industry and Construction and the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed a Memorandum of
Understanding to develop a feasibility study for a Center of
Excellence for Minerals and Metals.
The initiative is expected to establish a modern geological hub
integrating research, innovation, and advanced technologies.
Kazakhstan also secured strategic partnerships with European
agricultural machinery manufacturers Dewulf NV and Väderstad Group.
The companies will localize production in Kazakhstan through
projects worth a combined 500 million euro, with facilities to be
developed in Kostanay and Turkistan in cooperation with
AgromashHolding KZ and Eurasia Group AG.
Dewulf will manufacture potato harvesting equipment, while
Väderstad will focus on soil cultivation machinery, supporting
Kazakhstan’s efforts to expand domestic industrial production and
technology transfer.
Additional agreements were signed by Zhezkazganredmet with EIT
RawMaterials to train Kazakh specialists and with P&P
Industries AG to prepare a feasibility study for a sulfuric acid
plant.
During the visit, Industry Minister Yersayin Nagaspayev also
held talks with leadership from Alphamar Resources, Danieli Group
and BAUER Röhren- und Pumpenwerk on cooperation in critical
minerals, metallurgy and agricultural engineering.
