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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
ALMATY, May 5 (Xinhua) — Kazakhstan is actively developing the petrochemical industry and entering industrial production of key types of products, the Kazinform news agency reported on Monday, citing Kazakh Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov.
According to him, in November 2022, the Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries Inc /KPI/ plant for the production of polypropylene with a capacity of 500 thousand tons per year was launched. The KPI plant is the first integrated gas chemical complex in Kazakhstan.
As E. Akkenzhenov said, by the end of 2024, the plant produced about 250 thousand tons of polypropylene. Today, the enterprise produces 12 grades of polypropylene for the production of various products, including sacks, consumer packaging, carpets, and disposable tableware. By the end of this year, it is planned to launch the production of 2 new grades of polypropylene.
It was previously reported that on March 31, 2025, construction of a polyethylene production plant “Silleno” was launched in the special economic zone “National Industrial Petrochemical Technopark” in the Atyrau region. The construction of the plant with a capacity of 1.25 million tons of polyethylene per year is planned to be completed in 2028, and the launch of production is scheduled for 2029.
According to the minister, 49.2 percent of early construction work to prepare the site has been completed to date, and excavation work has begun to develop pits for the pyrolysis plant. –0–