Kazakhstan's Chromite Resource Endowment, Development, Import and Its Suggestions for Production Capacity Cooperation between China and Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is extremely rich in chromite resources, that reserves and output rank first and third in the world, respectively. It is the most important chromite distribution and production area in the world, and one of major sources for China import chromium. This paper systematically sorts out the resource endowment, development and trade of chromite in Kazakhstan, analyzes the status and opportunities of China-Kazakhstan chromite cooperation. The study believes that the output of chromite in Kazakhstan will continue to grow in the future, and China-Kazakhstan's cooperation in the development and trade of chromite still has great potential and space, but it also has more severe challenges and pressures. Therefore, it is suggested that China and Kazakhstan should make full use of their mineral resource and market advantages to jointly strengthen cooperation in the chromite industry in a variety of ways, and create a community of shared future for resource development and utilization.