One of the main treasures of Kazakhstan is its natural resources. Kazakhstan is at the 6-th place in world reserves of natural resources. Out of 110 elements of the periodic table, 99 were discovered in the bowels of Kazakhstan, 70 explored, 60 extracted and used: oil, gas, uranium, zinc, tungsten, bohrium, silver, lead, chromites, copper, fluorides, molybdenum, and gold. Mineral resources base of Kazakhstan consists of 5004 deposits, the forecasted cost of which is about 46 billion USD.

Across the globe Kazakhstan is already the largest producer of tungsten, and in reserves of tungsten Kazakhstan is at the first place in the world, at second – in the reserves of chrome and phosphate, at fourth – in lead and molybdenum resources, at eighth – in general reserves of iron stone (16,6 billion tones) after Brazil, Australia, Canada, USA, India, Russia and Ukraine.
So far only 160 oil and gas deposits have been explored in Kazakhstan, and withdrawn oil stock account for 2,7 billion tons. However, not all of these deposits, not to mention the entire pools, are explored. In the event of their competent use and operation Kazakhstan in its oil potential won’t yield to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates. Satellite pictures of the past years, as well as ground investigations suggest that main operating in the West Kzakhstan oilfields adjacent to Caspian Sea coastline - Tengiz, Prorva, Kalamkas, Karazhanbas – are just an “outskirt” of the deep oil pool, the core of which lies in northern part of the Caspian Sea, where total reserves are characterized by very impressive sizes - 3-3,5 billion tons of oil and 2-2,5 trillion cubic gas meters.

In modern Kazakhstan about 300 significant gold deposits are forecasted and 173 of them are explored. Among them are such that will produce gem diamonds. With significant investment literally in few years Kazakhstan will be able to produce 100 tons of gold annually; today it produces only 1 % of its underground pool, which give the right to Kazakhstan to be at 6-th place in the world.

Over 100 coal deposits are explored at the territory of Kazakhstan, the largest of them are: Ekibastuz field, which is notable for large lignite bed thickness, and Karaganda coal pool with over 50 billion tons reserves of coking coal. In the best years of operation, mentioned pools produced only 131 million tons of black coal.

Kazakhstan is also rich in deposits of chemical raw materials: richest deposits of potash and other salts, borates, bromine compounds, sulfates, phosphate chalks, deposits of the most varied raw materials for paint and coatings industry. Huge reserves of sulfur in the composition of complex ore allow widely organizing the production of sulfuric acid and other chemical products extremely essential for economy. There are unlimited opportunities for production of almost all types of petrochemical synthesis products (especially ethylene, polypropylene and rubber material), synthetic detergents and soap production, feed microbiological protein, chemical fiber, cement, synthetic resin and plastics.

Kazakhstan has richest material resources for glass and porcelain industry at its disposal. Its soils and mountains contain the rarest jewels, various construction and facing materials. Other overwhelming wealth of Kazakh land includes mineral, medicinal, industrial and thermal waters, which have not found their extensive application yet.

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