Kazakhstan's Ministry of Industry and New Technologies has announced that by 2015 it plans to increase the country's coal output by 42 percent compared to 2009, from 94.3 million mt to 134 million mt. Furthermore, by 2020, Kazakhstan's coal production is expected to increase to 151 million.
Accordingly, the total investment in the development of Kazakhstan's coal production will amount to about $3.4 million, of which $1.5 million will be directed for coking coal output, and $1.8 million for power generating coal output.