A national laboratory will be established in Astana to investigate the most important materials in the government. A press conference was held on the issues of the development of the specific sector of the economy as part of the tasks established in the address of the head of state to the people of Kazakhstan entitled "Urgent tasks of Kazakhstan in the new historical period". The First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan emphasized in his speech that special priority will be given to the development of the use of the underground, the launch of the production of very important materials and the modernization of geological research works, and announced that the national laboratory will be established in the city of Astana in order to accelerate the integration of Kazakhstan's global production network. This makes it possible to determine the priority areas of development of the raw material base and reduce dependence on imports. "Given the rapidly growing demand of the automotive and alternative energy sectors, the development of the industry will be concentrated in four production sectors. They are battery material production, jet engine parts material processing and production, semiconductor industry, full chain of permanent magnet production. A collection of projects carried out in these areas, including foreign investments with the Korean company Bergbau, is carried out for the German company. The Institute of Geological and Geophysical Research and Mineral Resources, the Australian company Lindian Resources Limited and other organizations. Narlbek Nalibiev noted. As part of carrying out the task of the head of state in the field of geology, the underground research is carried out using advanced technologies. For the first time in Israel, state geological survey work began on a scale of 1:50,000. It is planned to carry out 20 projects in an area of about 100 thousand square kilometers in the next three years.