During a visit to Qarmet in Temirtau, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev presented state awards to employees of the enterprise and related companies for their great contribution to the production and industrial development of Kazakhstan. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
A total of 15 people received awards: two were awarded the Order of "Qurmet", six received the Order of "Yenbek Danky" III degree, and seven received the medal "Yeren Yenbegi Ushin".
The Order of "Qurmet" was awarded to Zeinolla Idrisov, a ladle operator at Qarmet, and Alexander Izmer, a brigade leader at the "Tentekskaya" mine of Karaganda Komir.
The Order of "Yenbek Danky" III degree was awarded to Dzambul Abyurov, a drifter at the "Zapadny Karazhal" mine; Gulya Baulekova, an electrician at the "Kazakhstanskaya" mine; Marat Zhanayev, an electrician at the Kostienko mine; Igor Ivanov, an engineer at Qarmet; Bekbolat Kynayev, a shift supervisor at Qarmet; and Valery Khan, director of the Lenin mine.
The medal "Yeren Yenbegi Ushin" was awarded to Sansyzbay Alshimbekov, a foreman at the crushing and beneficiation plant of the "Orken-Atansor" representative office; Arman Akhmetov and Dmitry Zakharov, leading engineers at Qarmet; Rafkhat Baizhanov, a miner at the "Shakhtinskaya" mine; Konstantin Ivanov, deputy head of a workshop at Qarmet; Sergey Kolesov, head of a service at Qarmet; and Tatyana Fomina, a crane operator at the Lisakovsk branch of the "Orken" company.
After the ceremonial ceremony, Tokayev continued to communicate with the enterprise's employees in an informal setting.
During the visit, the president also signed a commemorative plaque in honor of the start of construction of a new casting and rolling complex.
Earlier, "Kursiv" wrote that during his trip to Temirtau, Tokayev got acquainted with the construction of new coke batteries No. 8 and No. 9 at the Qarmet plant. Their total capacity will be 1.5 million tons of dry coke per year. The new units will replace outdated capacities built in the 1960s–1970s.