Astana, Kazakhstan, Nov. 6
By Daniyar Mukhtarov - Trend: Around 50 plots will be put up for tender on the exploratory mining of solid minerals in Kazakhstan in the coming month, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and New Technologies Asset Issekeshev said at a briefing at the Central Communications Service under the Kazakh president on Wednesday.
"We will announce a tender within a month and propose at least 50 plots go up for exploratory mining of solid minerals," he said.
The minister said the entire preparatory work took up a lot of time, but the tender will take place by late 2013.