The project provides for the construction of three sites — refining of rough selenium; processing of precious metals of the precious metals workshop of the Balkhash copper smelter and crushing of slag. The technology of refining rough selenium on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan is environmentally safe and has no analogues. The implementation of the project in the near future will allow us to increase the profitability of production by reducing the loss of valuable metals with rough selenium and ensure the complexity of processing copper raw materials. We will also be able to receive new commercial products for copper production in the form of branded selenium with a high market value," said Alexander Shakhalov, Director of Kazakhmys Progress LLP. 12 new jobs have already been created here, a total of 38 will be opened under the project. The commissioned site, which will be located on the territory of the former zinc plant, is a continuous production cycle with a processing capacity of 75 tons per year. Selenium has photoelectric properties that change under the influence of light conductivity. In addition, this element is used in the production of alloys, pigments, fertilizers and pharmaceuticals. One of the main market areas for selenium is its use in the production of glass and dyes. In metallurgy, it is used to give cast steel a fine-grained structure, as well as to improve the mechanical properties of stainless steel. It is also widely used as a catalyst in the chemical industry. Almost the entire volume of technical selenium produced in Kazakhstan is exported, and refined selenium was not produced at all. And Kazakhmys Progress LLP is a pioneer in this field. Lyazzat SMAGULOVA Balkhash