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According to the agency, more than 50 mining farms have voluntarily ceased operations.

Among the mining companies that have ceased their activities in the Pavlodar region, there are firms affiliated with well-known entrepreneurs Bolat Nazarbayev and Alexander Klebanov, the press service of the Financial Monitoring Agency reported, a Total.kz correspondent reports. 

“As a result of the preventive measures taken, 55 mining farms voluntarily ceased their activities. They completely suspended work, dismantled the equipment and removed it from the places of deployment. Together with interested government agencies, work is underway to prevent the involvement of this equipment in the secondary circulation. Among the mining companies that have ceased their activities in the Pavlodar region, there are firms affiliated with well-known entrepreneurs Bolat Nazarbayev and Alexander Klebanov. Also with the ex-chairman of the board of QazaqGaz National Company JSC Kairat Sharipbayev in the Aktobe region and one of the well-known businessmen Yerlan Nigmatulin in the Karaganda region,” the agency said.