In March, the NACAG Secretariat visited Kazakhstan to hold a technical meeting with the Ministry of Energy and the joint-stock company Zhasyl Damu to discuss NACAG and potential benefits for the Central Asian country resulting from joining NACAG. The discussions took place in a highly productive atmosphere and resulted in an agreement to continue cooperating with the NACAG initiative. It was decided to conduct further technical assessments at KazAzot, Kazakhstan’s only nitric acid production facility. The NACAG Secretariat will therefore return to Kazakhstan later this year to visit the production facility for a technical feasibility study. If Kazakhstan decided to formally join the initiative, NACAG would be able to finance the installation of nitrous oxide mitigation technology at KazAzot.
22nd March 2019
