Yerlan Galiyev

Chairman of the Management Board of the National Geological Service. In October 2026 he represented Kazakhstan at a meeting held alongside the annual meetings of the World Bank and the IMF in Thailand.

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Kazakhstan joins the World Bank's Metals and Minerals Compact

Bangkok, 16 October. Kazakhstan has become the first Central Asian country to join the World Bank Group's Metals and Minerals Compact; one of the…

18 October 2026

Yerlan Galiyev

Kazakhstan joins the World Bank's Metals and Minerals Compact

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