The mining sector accounts for 9.8 percent of the total industrial production, yielding to the manufacturing industry, which makes up 75.2 percent, and the electricity and gas supply sector at 14.2 percent.
The main factor contributing to the growth was a significant increase in the extraction of other minerals (increased by 4 times) and metal ores (growth by 1.8 times). Statistics also show a significant increase in demand for non-metallic construction materials.
The volumes of gravel and crushed stone extraction reached 333.7 thousand tons, which is 262.6 percent compared to the previous year. The extraction of natural sand increased to 130.1 thousand tons (143.6 percent).
In the fuel and energy resources sector, mixed results are observed. Coal production increased by 7.6 percent; however, there is a redistribution in this segment: the production of brown coal (lignite) increased to 713.7 thousand tons (24 percent compared to 2025), while the extraction of hard coal fell to 161.9 thousand tons (−23.2 percent from last year's volumes).
Despite the growth in the coal sector, the volumes of crude oil and natural gas extraction decreased by 11.4 percent.
In the first two months of the current year, enterprises extracted 39.3 thousand tons of crude oil (−11.7 percent compared to 2025) and 6.8 million cubic meters of natural gas (−1.4 percent).
The sharp increase in the extraction of sand, gravel, and crushed stone should be linked to the activation of the construction sector. According to the World Bank's macroeconomic forecast for 2025-2027, construction, along with the services sector, will be the main driver of GDP growth in the country. At the same time, the decline in domestic oil and gas extraction exacerbates Kyrgyzstan's dependence on the import of fuel and lubricants, which may create additional pressure on the current account of the balance of payments.
