Opinion: Kazakhstan’s Mineral Ambitions Depend on Water

The Times of Central Asia6 November 2026, 12:40 UTCKazakhstan

At the Shalkiya lead-zinc mine in Kyzylorda Region, engineers have designed a processing plant that could handle four million metric

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