In May 2026, China Kazakhstan production capacity cooperation will add another heavy weight. Against the backdrop of the continuous deepening of the coordinated layout of resources and manufacturing industries between China and Kazakhstan, China Eastern Hope Group has increased its investment in Kazakhstan's industrial sector. An aluminum complex project with a total investment of over 10 billion US dollars has entered a critical stage of government enterprise coordination. This project will not only become a benchmark for China Kazakhstan capacity cooperation, but also mark the further acceleration of Chinese enterprises' full industry chain going global.

The high-level meeting has finalized the path for advancing the billion dollar project

On May 13th, Nurlbek Nalbayev, the First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, held talks with Chen Lei, the General Manager of Strategic Investment of Oriental Hope Group. Both sides focus on the landing of large-scale aluminum industry investment projects in Kazakhstan, planning to build an industrial complex with a total investment of over 10 billion US dollars in Kustanay Oblast, covering bauxite mining and selection, aluminum electrolysis plants, and supporting wind power facilities. The meeting reviewed the current progress of the project, conducted in-depth consultations on raw material supply, energy infrastructure, and government enterprise coordination mechanisms, and the Kazakh side promised to fully cooperate with the steady implementation of the project. This high-level docking has laid a solid political foundation for the substantial promotion of this 10 billion level project.

Strong demand for industrial upgrading

Kazakhstan has abundant mineral resources reserves and natural conditions for the development of the aluminum industry. However, the imperfect local industrial chain and the lack of deep processing and self provided energy supporting capabilities have long constrained the development of the country's high-capacity industry. At the same time, the global electrolytic aluminum industry is accelerating its transformation towards an integrated green power model, and relying on wind power to achieve low-carbon production has become the mainstream of the industry. Introducing investment from large Chinese leading enterprises can not only fill Kazakhstan's industrial gaps, but also improve its layout of high-capacity industries, and help the country achieve transformation and upgrading from resource exports to industrial manufacturing.

Going global with the entire industry chain

Dongfang Hope Group is a leading producer in the global fields of electrolytic aluminum, alumina, and polycrystalline silicon. Since 2010, the group has established comprehensive industrial parks overseas, built 4.2 gigawatts of independent power stations, created 10700 direct employment opportunities, and driven 30000 indirect employment opportunities. In this layout of Kustana state, Oriental Hope Group has gone global with an integrated model of "mineral+smelting+new energy", which not only improves the group's own overseas heavy chemical industry map, but also relies on the abundant resources and policy advantages of the local area to radiate the entire Central Asian market, achieving the substantial implementation of the international production capacity strategy. The promotion of this 10 billion level aluminum industry project is a vivid portrayal of China and Kazakhstan's deeper cooperation in resource and capacity coordination. Editor/Yang Beihua