On November 7, at 08.37 o'clock in the city of Abay, an accident occurred at the Abayskaya mine of the ArcelorMittal Temirtau Coal Department due to a sudden release of methane. As a result of the accident, 6 people were killed.
On behalf of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin, a commission headed by the Minister of Emergency Situations Yuri Ilyin went to the scene of the incident.