Economy
Economy
The gross regional product for January-June 2024 amounted to $4,366,915.5 in current prices. Compared with January-June 2023, real GRP increased by 7.8%.
The main branches of the economy
Industry
The region is of great economic and strategic importance for Kazakhstan. The region is the world leader in chromium reserves, its volumes exceed 400 million tons. 40% of the republic's titanium reserves and 55% of nickel have been explored in the subsoil. 30% of the estimated hydrocarbon reserves are concentrated in the region, the region's industrial oil reserves are in third place in the republic. There are large deposits of gold, silver, copper, zinc, cobalt, kaolin, phosphorites, oil-bitumen rocks, and raw materials for the production of building materials.
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Agriculture
In the Aktobe region there are 11,415.2 thousand hectares of agricultural land, of which 10,177.6 thousand hectares are pastures, 133.1 thousand hectares are hayfields, 702.3 thousand hectares are arable land, and 256.3 thousand hectares are fallow land.
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Logistics
Road transport to China has shown an annual growth of more than 2 times, container transport has grown from 1 thousand TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) in 2011 to 1 million TEU in 2023.
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Growth rates of economic sectors
Industry
(January–May 2025 compared to January–May 2024, %)
102,6
Building
(January–May 2025 compared to January–May 2024, %)
114,9
Transport
(January–May 2025 compared to January–May 2024, %)
111,3
Agriculture
(January–May 2025 compared to January–May 2024, %)
102,3
Trade
(January–May 2025 compared to January–May 2024, %)
101,3
Link
(January–May 2025 compared to January–May 2024, %)
99,6
Aktobe region has a unique mineral resource base. Gold, silver, cobalt, potassium salts, asbestos, kaolin, glass and stone-colored raw materials, natural facing materials, petroleum bitumen rocks, various raw materials for the production of building materials, mineral water and much more are hidden in the depths of the Aktobe region.
The estimated reserves of the main types of minerals are:- oil - 1170.0 million tons. (7.69% in the Republic of Kazakhstan);
- free gas - 120.0 billion m3. (7.1% in the Republic of Kazakhstan);
- brown coal – 1330 million tons;
- Nickel-53 million tons of ore;
- marble-8.0 million cubic meters;
- copper ores 89.0 million tons of ore;
- chromites-250.0 million tons;
- phosphorites-896.0 million tons;
- sand-gravel mixture-130.4 million cubic meters;
- brick clay -25 million cubic meters;
- gypsum -23.5 million tons;
- lime per lime-35 million cubic meters.
The volume of industrial production in January-October 2024 amounted to 2,157,594 million tenge in current prices, which is 4.5% more than in January-October 2023.
In the mining industry, production volumes increased by 0.4%, in the manufacturing industry - by 9.8%.
In the supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning - by 5.9%. In water supply, waste collection, treatment and disposal, and pollution control activities, the decline was 14.5%.
The regional pool currently includes 65 investment projects worth 3.9 trillion tenge in such industries as mining and metallurgy, construction industry, energy, petrochemicals, etc. Their launch will provide jobs for more than 15 thousand people.
The largest deposits of UVS are Severnaya Truva, Zhanazhol, Alibekmola; according to TPI-Priorskoye, 50 years of October (copper ores), Almaz-Zhemchuzhina, 40 years of KazSSR, 20 years of KAZ SSR (chromite ores) and Zhilyanskoye (potassium salts).
311 underground water deposits have been explored, of which 3 are for balneotherapy.
Aktobe region has significant opportunities for the development of oil and gas, mining and processing industries and related to the use of mineral raw materials industries. The region has a variety of minerals, the most important of which are hydrocarbons, ferrous metals-chromites, iron, non-ferrous and precious metals-copper, zinc, gold, silver, Nickel, cobalt, aluminum, titanium. There is a large Deposit of energy brown coal, deposits of mining chemical and ceramic raw materials. Deposits of nonmetallic and building materials are widespread. To provide cities, towns and industrial enterprises identified and explored numerous deposits of drinking and technical groundwater.
As of 2019, in the depths of the Aktobe region are concentrated:
- 8.23% oil,
- 4.69% dissolved gas,
- 6.86% free gas,
- 3.50% condensate,
- 100% chromites,
- 5.2% iron,
- 5.8% copper,
- 7.8% zinc,
- 25.5% Nickel,
- 15.7% cobalt,
- 2.0% aluminum,
- 69.7% titanium,
- 29.9% zirconium,
- 4.0% gold,
- 3.4% silver,
- 4.0% brown coal,
- 34.5% phosphorites,
- 96.1% potassium salts,
- 88.8% vermiculite,
- 100% anthophyllite-asbestos,
- 28.8% kaolin from the Republican balance reserves.
Almost inexhaustible reserves of building materials: limestone, building stone, brick and cement raw materials, construction and quartz Sands, sand and gravel mixture, clays, gypsum, chalk, etc.; volumes of exploration and production are determined by the demand of consumers.
Competitive advantages of the region:
- The unique geographical location of the region, located at the intersection of air, rail and highway routes, high transit potential;
- A rich mineral resource base;
- Favorable investment climate and high level of investment activity;
- Availability of water resources for the development of irrigated agriculture;
- High potential for the development and use of renewable energy sources.
Industrial production indices by main types of economic activity
January 2024 as a percentage of January 2023.
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|
Industry-total |
including |
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|
mining and quarrying |
manufacturing industry |
supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning |
water supply; waste collection, treatment and disposal; pollution control activities |
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|
Aktobe region |
118.6 |
103.3 |
134.7 |
132.6 |
143.5 |
|
Aktobe city |
144.7 |
100.9 |
143.4 |
140.9 |
151.6 |
|
Alginsky |
104.7 |
100.0 |
106.8 |
96.0 |
103.4 |
|
Aitekebiyskiy |
139.5 |
141.4 |
100.0 |
117.7 |
100.0 |
|
Baiganinsky |
88.2 |
87.8 |
104.0 |
86.1 |
94.2 |
|
Kargalinsky |
119.0 |
182.1 |
100.0 |
111.5 |
99.1 |
|
Hobdinsky |
101.5 |
- |
100.0 |
118.8 |
99.6 |
|
Martuksky |
125.4 |
214.0 |
100.0 |
106.8 |
99.7 |
|
Mugalzharsky |
94.4 |
99.2 |
67.7 |
108.7 |
101.6 |
|
Wilsky |
139.8 |
- |
100.0 |
122.8 |
100.0 |
|
Temirsky |
93.1 |
91.5 |
81.1 |
205.0 |
99.5 |
|
Khromtausky |
114.0 |
114.6 |
102.6 |
100.4 |
148.3 |
|
Shalkarsky |
94.9 |
90.6 |
96.9 |
99.3 |
99.6 |
|
Irgiz |
103.8 |
|
100.0 |
117.5 |
100.0 |
Resource and raw material base
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Commodities |
The name of the field |
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Iron |
Kherson, Velikhov Northern, Goryun, Velikhov Southern, Uzynsor, Ushkol, Shagarshin, Zhana-Daursky I, Benkalinsky, Benkalinsky Southern, Araltogaysky, Kiyaktinsky, Irgizsky, Kokbulak, Zhangiz |
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Gold |
Benkalinskoye, Borly, Koskol – I, Balsalmic West, Akpan, Koskol, Sanas, South Ballymackey Anniversary Tactical, Sarlybay, Dzhilandy, Zhilandy |
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Aluminum |
Sarcasme, South Kaindinski, Taldyk-Advisce |
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Asbestos |
July, Kainda, Bugetysay, Geophysical-I, Geophysical-III-IV, Kitarsay |
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Graphite |
Octastyle |
|
Kyanite sillimanite |
Ľs Jol, Bala-Taldyk North, Brigade, Kitari |
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Quartz and quartzites |
Anniversary |
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Limestone |
Anastasevskoe, Terenzi, Aulie, Zhanazhol, Novorossiysk, Achatinidae, Imola etc. |
|
Gypsum |
Tostao, the Cintas, Mare-Tobe, kumsi, Akshinskoe, Akzhar fair professional technical, Estimate, etc. |
|
Vermiculite |
Sholak-Kayraktinsky, Altintas, Karatuzskoe, |
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Gabbro |
Kainadinski, Sukhinovskiy |
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Talc |
Kumsai, Taskuduk |
Industry is the main sector of the region's economy. 60.8% of industrial production of the region is accounted for by the mining industry, the share of manufacturing industry was 32.2%, electricity-6.3% and water-0.7%. The share of the manufacturing industry in the total structure of the region's industry increased by 4.8%. The index of physical volume of output of the manufacturing industry amounted to 108.4%. Positive dynamics was mainly due to increase in volumes of output of a new Ferroalloy plant (plant number 4) JSC "TNK "Kazchrome", a rail and beam plant which is third in the world (after the USA and Japan), began to produce 120 meter rails.
Metallurgy in the region is represented by the Aktobe Ferroalloy plant of JSC " TNK "Kazchrom", the volume of which is more than 20% of the Kazakh Ferroalloy.
There are 17 enterprises operating in the chemical industry. The largest of them are JSC "Aktobe plant of chromium compounds" (chromium anhydride, chromium oxide, sodium bichromate, chromium sulfate), LLP "Temir service" (phosphate flour), LLP "Kaztskubnitrohim" (production of explosives).
Structure of industrial production in Aktobe Region by types of economic activity in January–December 2024
| Type of Economic Activity | Volume of Industrial Production (goods and services), thousand KZT |
|---|---|
| Mining and quarrying industry | 1,405,646.0 |
| Manufacturing industry | 1,110,173.2 |
| Electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning supply | 124,208.1 |
| Water supply; waste collection, treatment and disposal; pollution remediation activities | 24,653.1 |
Gross output of products (services) of agriculture, forestry and fisheries in the whole region in January-September 2019 amounted to 199.9 billion tenge, which is higher than the corresponding period of the previous year by 1.2%.
The growth of agricultural, forestry and fisheries production in January-September 2019 is due to an increase in the slaughter of livestock and poultry in live weight by 7.4%, the yield of raw cow's milk-by 3.2%, chicken eggs-by 0.8%.
Gross output of products (services) of agriculture, forestry and fisheries in Aktobe region in January-September 2021 (million tenge)
|
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
from it: |
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|
agriculture |
from it: |
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|
|
plant growing |
farming |
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199 903,4 |
199 414,0 |
74 297,1 (37,25%) |
124 772,1 (62,74%) |
