The plant's construction, originally planned to start the end of last year, was delayed after BP decided to withdraw from the petrochemical business globally, pulling out of the project.

KazTransGas operates both domestic pipelines shipping natural gas across Kazakhstan as well as export routes, which link Kazakh, Uzbek, and Turkmen gas fields to consumers in China and Russia.

The Central Bank's monetary policy is expected to focus on inflation control whilst still supporting economic recovery.