New ferroalloy plant unveiled in Kazakhstan

AKIPRESS.COM - As part of his working trip to the Karaganda region, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin took part in the opening ceremony of the ferroalloys production plant and visited several mining and processing enterprises, his press service reported.
At the first stage, the company plans to produce 180 thousand tons of fully export-oriented products per year.
The new ferroalloy plant will be one of the key ones in the field of metallurgy and will make a positive contribution to the socio-economic development of not only the region, but also the country as a whole, Mamin noted.
The main volume of ferrosilicon will be supplied to Russia, Turkey, South Korea, the United States and the countries of the European Union. In this case, the share of Kazakh content in the production will be more than 94%.
During the plant construction phase, more than one and a half thousand new jobs were created. During the period of operation, 350 permanent jobs will be opened with an increase in their number to 550 during the implementation of the second stage.
During his trip to the Karaganda region, the Prime Minister visited enterprises for the production of cathode copper, processing and enrichment of lead-silver ore from the Alaygyr deposit, as well as a mining and processing complex based on the Koktaszhal deposit.
He inspected the SES Saran solar power station, familiarized himself with the reconstructed northern and eastern bypass of the Karaganda city road. During the inspection of the project for the construction of the bypass railway line Kokpekty - Karagaily bypassing Lake Karasor with a length of more than 20 km, the prime minister heard the report on the restoration of the railway road section that was affected by floods.