Raw material investments reached $3.56 bn

/REUTERS, Almaty, September 13, 04/ - Total volume of investments into raw materials sector of Kazakhstan reached $3,561.7 m in first half of 2004. Foreign investments totaled $2,918.8 m Statistic Agency informed. The table below presents distribution of investments by hydrocarbon resources: ------------------------------ Raw materials $ m --------------------- ------- hydrocarbon resources 2,771.5 semimetals 177.5 coal 156.3 copper 101.5 iron, manganese 123.6 gold 60.1 aluminum 24.4 chromites 33.7 uranium 26.6 underwater 21.5 other minerals 64.3 ------------------------------ Regional breakdown display following distribution of investments: Atyrau region - 38.5%, Mangistau - 19.0%, West-Kazakhstan - 9.8% and Karaganda - 8.4%. The table below presents region composition of investments into raw material sector ($ m): ---------------------------------------------------------------- Investments Investments in first half of 2004 in first half of 2003 ---------------------- ---------------------- Regions foreign domestic foreign domestic ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Akmola 6.0 9.0 6.1 8.3 Aktobe 229.8 52.1 217.6 39.7 Almaty 0.4 10.6 10.0 8.3 Atyrau 1,258.6 111.1 756.1 67.7 East-Kazakhstan 180.6 23.5 137.7 20.2 Djambul 0.7 35.1 0.2 17.1 West-Kazakhstan 348.4 0.5 423.4 0.3 Karaganda 275.3 23.8 260.5 19.4 Kostanai 4.5 137.3 1.5 104.4 Kyzyl-Orda 51.2 29.8 31.2 25.7 Mangistau 497.4 179.1 327.5 170.1 Pavlodar 63.1 4.5 53.2 0.9 North-Kazakhstan 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.1 South-Kazakhstan 2.8 25.7 2.5 17.3 ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Total 2,918.8 642.9 2,227.4 499.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------- [2004-09-13]