The economy of Pavlodar region grew by 3.2 percent

The head of the region reported to the deputies on the work done in 2019. He noted that the pace will be maintained until the end of the year.

– During the reporting period, industrial enterprises produced products for 969 billion tenge, which is almost 9 billion tenge higher than last year, – said the mayor. – The growth of production is provided by an increase of 2% of coal production, 27.4% of copper ore and concentrate, 10.5% – the production of ferroalloys.

Today, the enterprises of Pavlodar region continue modernization of existing production facilities, the introduction of new facilities is provided. According to the industrialization Map, three projects worth 55.4 billion tenge are being worked on with the creation of 45 jobs. The largest project is the reconstruction of power unit No. 5 at JSC “EEC”, the commissioning of which is scheduled for September. 2 of the project is organization of production of concrete products LLP “Bogatyr-invest” and the production of pascolaro of JSC “Pavlodar river port”.

– We have reserves to increase electricity generation by another 4 billion kWh, – said Bulat Bakauov. – The station has a free capacity of 1.1 thousand MW and can release cheap electricity. This is our competitive advantage. The existing surplus of 1 thousand MW of electricity at a cost of 8.0 tenge per kWh will allow to launch new production.

According to the head of the region, at the initial stage it is necessary to build a substation of 500 MW and 500 kW transmission line. This will ensure the loading of idle power units of Ekibastuz GRES-1 and provide an increase in electricity generation in the amount of 2.6 billion kWh per year.