With a fortune of $3.6 billion, Vladimir Kim has become Kazakhstan’s most influential businessman and ranks No. 896 on Forbes’ list of the world’s richest people. He has built his wealth through mining and financial investments.
Copper: The new gold
Kim controls 63.5% of KAZ Minerals Ltd., one of Kazakhstan’s largest mining companies. KAZ Minerals operates several major mineral deposits:
Bozshakol — a copper field in the Pavlodar region; Aktogay — a copper field in East Kazakhstan; Bozymchak — a gold and copper field in Kyrgyzstan.Copper has become increasingly valuable due to global demand, driven first by energy transition...