Recently, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan met with the General Manager of Tubacex IBF Kazakhstan, a subsidiary of Spanish seamless stainless steel tube producer Tubacex, and discussed matters related to the establishment of the first seamless stainless steel and nickel alloy tube production plant in Central Asia. The commissioning of the new plant is expected to reduce dependence on imported products and also help strengthen the country's industrial sector and create jobs, contributing to the country's goal of developing high-tech industries.