Key info
Location: Kazakhstan
Themes: REPowerEU
Objectives
The strategic partnership with Kazakhstan aims to ensure a secure and sustainable supply of raw materials, refined materials and renewable hydrogen to help build a new, cleaner foundation for the economies of the EU and Kazakhstan. This facilitates the move away from fossil fuel dependency. The strategic partnership with Kazakhstan shows Europe’s commitment to work with partner countries to achieve a greener and more resilient future.
This initiative is in line with the Global Gateway Strategy and the objectives of the REPowerEU plan.
Implementation
The partnership is centred around three areas of collaboration.
Closer economic and industrial integration in the strategic value chains of raw materials, batteries and renewable hydrogen
- Identifying joint projects throughout the respective value chains, including recycling and attracting private investment
- Aligning high environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards
- Modernisation of mining and refining processes and technologies through the introduction of new technologies and sustainable practices
Increasing the resilience of raw material, battery and renewable hydrogen supply chains
- Enhancing the transparency and information on measures related to investment, operations and exports relevant to the scope of this partnership
Closer bilateral cooperation on capacity-building, skills, and research & innovation
- Decarbonisation of the critical raw materials value chain including by using renewable energy and digitalisation
- Greening and sustainability of mining processes
- Management of industrial mineral waste and extraction of critical raw materials from them
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