The Head of State received Andrey Lavrentiev, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Qarmet JSC, Head of the Allur Group Companies

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was informed about the current state of the Qarmet enterprise, measures to stabilize work, plans to increase production volumes, as well as improve the level of occupational safety.

During the meeting, the President of Kazakhstan stressed the special importance of ensuring the safety of employees of the enterprise, carrying out significant modernization of equipment and material and technical base in order to prevent emergencies.

The Head of state was informed about the meeting of the Qarmet management with the trade union of metallurgists and coal miners, during which working conditions were discussed, as well as issues of further cooperation in making important decisions for the team. Following the meeting, an agreement was signed on the joint development of a future collective agreement between the company and employees.

According to Andrey Lavrentiev, Qarmet sets a strategic goal – to increase production volumes and regain the status of one of the leaders in metallurgy in Central Asia and the CIS by 2028. To achieve these goals, it is planned to increase steel production by 64% to 5 million tons, iron ore concentrate by 88% to 5 million tons and coal production by 47% to 9 million tons per year.

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev paid special attention to environmental issues in the region. He noted the need to take drastic measures to improve the environmental situation in Temirtau by switching equipment to gas.

The Head of State was also informed about the results of the activities and development plans of the Allur machine-building enterprise.

In 2023, the plant produced more than 90,000 units of equipment, which is a record for the domestic automotive industry. In March of this year, the small-scale production of Chevrolet Onix cars starts. The equipment for the serial production of Škoda cars is being adjusted. A modern Kia Qazaqstan plant with a capacity of 70,000 cars per year is being built in the industrial zone of Kostanay.

Following the meeting, the Head of State stressed the importance of carrying out a set of measures to create safe working conditions and instructed to continue the timely implementation of investment projects, including those aimed at improving the environment.