OREANDA-NEWS. January 12, 2015. Kazakh Minister of Investment and Development Asset Issekeshev has arrived on a working trip to the Mangistau Region.

Minister of Investment and Development has held a meeting on the development of transport - logistical capacity of the West Kazakhstan Region on the territory of Aktau International Sea Trade Port.

In addition, Asset Issekeshev visited a number of industrial facilities in the region, including Plant of Industrialized Construction LLP "PIC-Aktau", opened in the SEZ "Seaport Aktau" in December 2014. The new plant will produce ferroconcrete products, as well as piles, beams, columns, elevator shafts, curbs and other non-standard elements for building residential construction.

Also A. Issekeshev has learned the results of the reconstruction and modernization of production LLP "KazAzot", which became a participant of the national program of industrialization. After the reconstruction and modernization of equipment, carried out at the plant, the new technology of granulation of ammonium nitrate was introduced. As a result, the plant's capacity increased by 50%. The cost of the project amounted to 5.6 billion tenge.

In addition, Minister held a meeting where the Deputy Akim of the Mangistau Region Rakimbek Amirzhanov told about the results of the National Program of Forced Industrial Innovation Development, the development of the Special Economic Zone "Seaport Aktau" and the tourism cluster in the region.

Head of the region addressed Kazakh Minister of Investment and Development Asset Issekeshev with a request to assist in resolving a number of issues. Among them - assistance in obtaining permits for gas flaring in the second half of 2015 under the development of the field Rakushechnoye of LLP "CaspiOilGas", which will allow timely implement a high-tech project to build a methanol plant in Karakiya District, as well as increase oil production at the field up to 100 thousand tons.

It is worth noting that 35 projects to the sum of 227.8 billion tenge were introduced in the region within the Industrial Development Map over 2010-2014, more than 3 thousand permanent jobs were created.

A portfolio of 77 investment projects to the sum of 1.8 trillion tenge has been formed for the second five-year program of industrialization. Creation of jobs for about 16 thousand people is supposed. Currently 58 investment projects to the sum of about 1 trillion tenge are being considered for inclusion in the Industrial Development Map of the country, the rest 19 projects - under study.

23 projects with implementation period 2015 - 2022 are supposed to be included in the Republican map of Industrial Development 2015- 2019. Total volume of investments - 916 865 000 000 tenge. 3,634 jobs are to be created during the construction of objects, in succeeding years 8308 people will be employed on a permanent job.

Another 35 projects with a total investment of 84.526 billion tenge are proposed for inclusion in the regional map of business support for 2015 - 2019.