ASTANA (TCA) — During the recent investment week of Kazakhstan in Turkey, the Kazakh delegation headed by the Vice Minister for Investments and Development, Arystan Kabikenov, held more than 30 meetings with the largest Turkish holdings, Kazakh Invest national company for investment support and promotion reported on May 15.
At the meeting, Chairman of the Board of Ronesans Holding, Erman Ilicak, expressed his interest in the implementation of major infrastructure and social projects based on the PPP mechanism in Kazakhstan. A number of PPP projects have been proposed from the Kazakh side.
At the meeting with the Chairman of the Board of YDA Holding, Huseyin Arslan, the Vice Minister for Investments and Development stressed that the Turkish company became one of the first investors in the PPP mechanism in Kazakhstan, taking Aktau International Airport in trust management. The concession contract was signed for the construction and operation of the new passenger terminal at Aktau Airport in 2018. Now the company shows interest in the project for the construction of an integrated kindergarten with a school in Astana.
The delegation of Kazakhstan also met with the leadership of Calik Holding. The company expressed its interest in carrying out geological exploration work jointly with NMC Tau-Ken Samruk JSC in the South-Mointy area in the Karaganda region. The holding’s subsidiary Calik Energy intends to implement a project on building a solar power plant with a capacity of 50 MW in Kazakhstan.
At the meeting with Dal Holding, the project of a greenhouse complex with the supply of electricity, heat and carbon dioxide from gas power stations in the Aktobe region, as well as the construction and commissioning of a mining and processing plant for the production of barite concentrate with a capacity of 75,000 tons per year in the Zhambyl region was discussed.
Also within the framework of the investment week there were meetings with the management of Dal Holding, Calik Holding, Eczacıbaşı Holding, Yildirim Holding, Bak-Ay Tekstil, Betek Boya Kimya, Merkez Asya Madencilik, Yasar Holding, Petronet Holding, Yildizlar SSS Holding, Anadolu Birlik Holding, Sanko Holding, Matli Holding, Tarim Kredi Holding, Abdi Ibrahim, and MLPCare Holding.
