On May 13, 2026, Nurlbek Nalbayev, the First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, held a special meeting with Chen Lei, the General Manager of Strategic Investment at East Hope Group. The two sides conducted in-depth consultations on the implementation of large-scale aluminum industry strategic investment projects. The project is located in the state of Kostana, positioned as a modern industrial complex integrating production, manufacturing, and energy support, with a total investment of over 10 billion US dollars.

Billion dollar aluminum complex landing

The project will layout and construct the entire industry chain, covering the core production sectors of bauxite mining and selection, electrolytic aluminum smelting, and supporting the layout of wind power new energy facilities. It will build an integrated development model from mining to smelting to green power supporting, realizing on-site resource conversion, energy self-sufficiency supporting, and industrial closed-loop development. The large-scale aluminum industry comprehensive investment project laid out by East Hope Group in Kazakhstan has a complete industrial chain layout and is an important milestone in the group's overseas industrial layout.

Key Issues in Government Enterprise Negotiations

During the meeting, both sides carefully reviewed the progress of various preliminary work of the project at the current stage, focusing on in-depth exchanges of views on key practical issues such as ensuring the supply of raw materials and resources, planning and construction of energy infrastructure, and establishing a normalized communication and coordination mechanism between government and enterprises. Both parties will clarify the key, difficult, and collaborative issues in the project progress one by one, laying the foundation for subsequent approval and construction. The government of Kazakhstan attaches great importance to the project and is fully committed to promoting smooth cooperation channels. Keywords: the Belt and Road news, China Kazakhstan cooperation, electrolytic aluminum

Assist Kazakhstan in upgrading its industrial sector

The landing of a billion dollar aluminum complex in Kazakhstan will help improve the local aluminum industry chain, upgrade the industrial structure, and drive local employment and economic growth. The project achieves low-carbon production through green electricity matching, which is in line with the global trend of green development. East Hope Group relies on its full industry chain advantages to build a complete closed-loop system in Kazakhstan, from resource extraction to finished product manufacturing, from traditional energy to clean electricity. The new pattern of mutual benefit and win-win cooperation between government and enterprises, as well as coordinated development of industries, is accelerating.Editor/Gao Xue