It is planned to establish a national laboratory for critical materials in Astana. The government held a press conference on the development of the real sector of the economy in accordance with the tasks outlined by the head of state in a speech to the people of Kazakhstan "The current tasks of Kazakhstan in the new historical cycle". First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, said that special attention is paid to the development of the use of the subsoil, the production of critical materials and the modernization of geological research. To accelerate Kazakhstan's integration into global production networks, the establishment of a national laboratory in Astana is planned. This will allow us to determine priority areas for the development of the raw material base and reduce dependence on imports. "Considering the growing demand from the automotive industry and alternative energy, the development of the industry will focus on four production areas. This is the production of materials for batteries, the processing and production of materials for jet engine parts, the semiconductor industry and the creation of a full production cycle of permanent magnets. A database of projects was created in these areas, including in collaboration with the Bergbau Foreign Investors Company, the Bergbau Institute and German Development. Geosciences and Mineral Resources and other international partners. ". Nurlybek Nalibaev noted. In accordance with the President's directives for the development of the geological industry, underground research is carried out using advanced technologies. In Kazakhstan, a state geological survey on a scale of 1:50,000 was started for the first time. In the next three years, it is planned to carry out 20 projects in an area of about 100 thousand square meters. km.