Astana. August 7. Kazakhstan Today - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Kazakhstan will hold in the second half of 2008 open tender on a number of deposits. The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Sauat Mynbayev, informed at the expanded government session on Wednesday, the agency reports. "According to the program of 30 corporate leaders, the governmental decree on holding open tender on some deposits has been accepted, S. Mynbayev said. "The open tenders will be held to develop processing capacities." "The tenders will be held in the second half of 2008," he added.