A coke production plant with a capacity of 1 million tons will be built in Kazakhstan

The Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Kazakhstan Success Coking Energy have signed an investment agreement for a project to build a metallurgical coke plant with an annual capacity of 1 million tons in the Karaganda Region. This was reported in a statement by the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The facility will be one of the first coal chemical plants in Kazakhstan. The project involves the construction of a modern full-cycle production complex.

The plant will be launched in phases: in 2029, production is planned to reach up to 500,000 tons of coke, and by 2031, the facility will reach its full design capacity of up to 1 million tons of product per year.

The total investment will amount to 63.5 billion tenge ($134 million), with plans to create up to 500 new jobs.

A key feature of the complex is its full-cycle production chain: from coal mining and coking to the direct production of metallurgical coke and the generation of its own electricity. The finished coke will be used in the ferrous metallurgy sector during steel smelting.

The implementation of this agreement will enable the formation of a modern coal-chemical cluster in Kazakhstan, expand the production of high-value-added products, fully supply the domestic market, and increase the country’s export potential.

As a reminder, the Chevron Fund is investing $23.5 million in the construction of a ferroalloy plant in Ekibastuz (Kazakhstan). The facility is expected to produce approximately 80,000 tons of ferrosilicon (FeSi-75) per year. The launch of the first production phase is scheduled for 2026.