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Qarmet
Qarmet, previously known as Ispat Karmet, Mittal Steel Temirtau, and ArcelorMittal Temirtau, is a Kazakhstani integrated steel and mining company that owns the Karaganda Metallurgical Plant in Temirtau, Karaganda Region, the largest steel plant in Kazakhstan. Since December 2023, it is owned by the Qazaqstan Investment Corporation. It was previously owned by the transnational metallurgical group ArcelorMittal. According to the rating agency Expert RA Kazakhstan, ArcelorMittal Temirtau JSC ranked 8th in the list of the largest companies in Kazakhstan in 2015. It is divided into three departments: Steel, Coal and Iron Ore. History Ispat Karmet JSC was formed in the mid-1990s by purchasing the Karaganda Metallurgical Plant (GJSC Karmet) at a closed privatization tender by Ispat International, owned by businessman Lakshmi Mittal. Ispat Karmet JSC was renamed as Mittal Steel Temirtau JSC in December 2004, and ArcelorMittal Temirtau JSC on 6 September 2007. In January 2018, black snow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostenko Mine Disaster
On the morning of 28 October 2023, a fire started at the Kostenko mine in the Karaganda Region of Kazakhstan. The fire killed 46 miners. The fire was presumably caused by a methane gas explosion underground. The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, ordered the termination of all investment with the company ArcelorMittal Temirtau, which owns the mine, and 29 October was declared a national day of mourning in Kazakhstan. Background The Kostenko mine is a coal mine owned by ArcelorMittal Temirtau, a subsidiary of Luxembourg-based steel manufacturing company ArcelorMittal, through multiple acquisitions that began with Ispat Steel purchasing the mine from the Kazakh government in 1995. The subsidiary owns the largest metallurgical plants in Kazakhstan, as well as eight coal mines and two iron ore mines. Over 100 people have died at ArcelorMittal Temirtau facilities over 15 years. Authorities had already expressed dissatisfaction with the company's failure to fulfill its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temirtau
Temirtau (; ) is a city in the Karaganda Region of Kazakhstan. The population was 170,481 in the 1999 census, rising to 210,590 in 2015. The city is located on the Nura River (the Samarkand Reservoir), northwest of Karaganda. History The first groups of settlers to settle in the area were 40 families from Samara (see Stolypin reform), who settled on the left bank of the Nura River on 15 June 1905. The settlement they founded was named Zhaur (''Жаур''), after a hill on the other side of the river. In 1909, the settlement was renamed Samarkandsky (''Самаркандский'', or Samarkand for short). The first school and the first hospital were built in 1911. In 1921, Samarkandsky became а part of the Akmolinsk Governorate within the Kyrgyz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, an autonomous republic established in 1920 as part of the RSFSR (renamed the Kazak ASSR in 1925). In 1933, the Samarkandsky-Karaganda water conduit was built to facilitate the development of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mittal Steel Company
Mittal Steel Company N.V., incorporated in the Netherlands and headquartered in the United Kingdom, was a steel producer. In 2006, it produced 110.5 million tonnes of steel and had annual production capacity of 138 million tons of steel. In August 2006, it acquired Arcelor to form ArcelorMittal. The company was named Ispat International N.V. until a merger with LNM Holdings N.V. in 2004. As of 2006, the company was 44.79% owned by Lakshmi Mittal and his family and 54.74% of the company was publicly traded. History upright=1.5, lang=en, Growth of Mittal Steel's steel production, based on its acquisitions., alt=Mittal Steel Growth chart with acquired companies Mittal Steel Company is a successor to a business founded in 1989 by Lakshmi Mittal. In 1989, the company leased Iron & Steel Company of Trinidad & Tobago from its government. In 1992, the company acquired Sibalsa from the government of Mexico. In 1994, the company acquired Sidbec-Dosco. In 1995, the company acquire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ArcelorMittal
ArcelorMittal S.A. is a Luxembourg-based multinational steel manufacturing corporation, headquartered in Luxembourg City. It is ranked second on the list of steel producers behind Baowu, and had an annual crude steel production of 58 million metric tonnes in 2024. The company has steel-making operations in 15 countries, including 37 integrated and mini-mill steel-making facilities. In 2024, the company's production was 38% in the Americas, 53% in Europe and 9% in other countries, such as South Africa and Ukraine. The company is vertically-integrated and produces 58% of its iron ore needs, 90% of its coke needs, and 54% of its scrap and direct reduced iron needs. The company is ranked 190th on the Fortune Global 500. The company is 39.88% owned by Lakshmi Mittal and his family and the remainder of the company is publicly traded. The Company has iron ore mining activities in Brazil, Bosnia, Canada, Liberia, Mexico, Ukraine, South Africa and, via its joint venture in In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karaganda Region
Karaganda Region (; ) is a region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Karaganda. The region borders Akmola and Pavlodar Region to the north, Abai Region to the east, Jetisu, Almaty, and Zhambyl Regions to the south, and Kostanay and Ulytau regions to the west. In 2022, the western parts of this region was split off and became the Ulytau Region. History The region was the site of intense coal mining during the days of the Soviet Union and also the site of several Gulag forced labor camps. Following World War II, Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union, had many ethnic Germans deported to the area. There have been constant border changes within the region's history. The first took place in 1954 when it was ceded parts of Kustanay Oblast and parts of Taldy-Kurgan Oblast. In 1973, Dzhezkazgan Oblast was split off from Karaganda Oblast making it a fraction of the size it once was. In 1986, Karaganda Oblast was given the southern part of Tselinograd Oblast as part of another ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcelor Mittal
ArcelorMittal S.A. is a Luxembourg-based multinational steel manufacturing corporation, headquartered in Luxembourg City. It is ranked second on the list of steel producers behind Baowu, and had an annual crude steel production of 58 million metric tonnes in 2024. The company has steel-making operations in 15 countries, including 37 integrated and mini-mill steel-making facilities. In 2024, the company's production was 38% in the Americas, 53% in Europe and 9% in other countries, such as South Africa and Ukraine. The company is vertically-integrated and produces 58% of its iron ore needs, 90% of its coke needs, and 54% of its scrap and direct reduced iron needs. The company is ranked 190th on the Fortune Global 500. The company is 39.88% owned by Lakshmi Mittal and his family and the remainder of the company is publicly traded. The Company has iron ore mining activities in Brazil, Bosnia, Canada, Liberia, Mexico, Ukraine, South Africa and, via its joint venture in India a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakshmi Mittal
Lakshmi Niwas Mittal (; born 15 June 1950 in Sadulpur, Rajasthan, Sadulpur, Rajasthan, India) is an Indian steel magnate, based in the United Kingdom. He is the executive chairman of ArcelorMittal, the world's second largest steelmaking company, as well as chairman of stainless steel manufacturer Aperam. Mittal owns 38% of ArcelorMittal and holds a 3% stake in EFL Championship side Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers. In 2005, ''Forbes'' ranked Mittal as the third-richest person in the world, making him the first Indian citizen to be ranked in the top ten in the publication's annual list of the world's richest people. He was ranked the The World's Billionaires 2011, sixth-richest person in the world by ''Forbes'' in 2011, but dropped to The World's Billionaires 2015, 82nd place in March 2015, and only to 130th by October 2024. He is also the "57th-most powerful person" of the 72 individuals named in ''Forbes "Most Powerful People" list for 2015. His daughter Vanisha Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC News Russian
BBC News Russian () – formerly BBC Russian Service () – is part of the BBC World Service's foreign language output, one of nearly 40 languages it provides. History The BBC's first Russian-language broadcast was a translation of a speech by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on 23 June 1941. The first programme of the Russian section of the BBC was hosted by Sonya (Betty) Horsfall on 24 March 1946. However, during World War II there were sporadic broadcasts to the Soviet Union in Russian only. Most of these broadcasts were after 1942. These were mainly short news bulletins or announcements relating to UK Foreign Office policy in Russian from 1943 onwards but often weeks or months apart. In the Cold War-era broadcasts were severely jammed. Despite this, it tried to bring to listeners in Soviet Union information they were deprived of, including works of writers and dissidents who could not publish their work at home, such as Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Jamming finally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostenko Mine
Kostenko mine () is an underground coal mine in Kazakhstan, located in the city of Karaganda Karaganda (, ; ), also known as Karagandy (, ; ; ) (also sometimes romanized as Qaraghandy), is a major city in central Kazakhstan and the capital of the Karaganda Region. It is the fifth most populous city in the country, with a population o .... It is named after Soviet coal explorer Ivan Kostenko. On 28 October 2023, a fire in the mine killed 46 people. References External links Entryat the Mining Data Online Coal mines in the Soviet Union Coal mines in Asia Mines in Kazakhstan {{mine-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steel Companies Of Kazakhstan
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon that demonstrates improved mechanical properties compared to the pure form of iron. Due to steel's high Young's modulus, elastic modulus, Yield (engineering), yield strength, Fracture, fracture strength and low raw material cost, steel is one of the most commonly manufactured materials in the world. Steel is used in structures (as concrete Rebar, reinforcing rods), in Bridge, bridges, infrastructure, Tool, tools, Ship, ships, Train, trains, Car, cars, Bicycle, bicycles, Machine, machines, Home appliance, electrical appliances, furniture, and Weapon, weapons. Iron is always the main element in steel, but other elements are used to produce various grades of steel demonstrating altered material, mechanical, and microstructural properties. Stainless steels, for example, typically contain 18% chromium and exhibit improved corrosion and Redox, oxidation resistance versus its carbon steel counterpart. Under atmospheric pressures, steels generally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mining Companies Of Kazakhstan
Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or feasibly created artificially in a laboratory or factory. Ores recovered by mining include metals, coal, oil shale, gemstones, limestone, chalk, dimension stone, rock salt, potash, gravel, and clay. The ore must be a rock or mineral that contains valuable constituent, can be extracted or mined and sold for profit. Mining in a wider sense includes extraction of any non-renewable resource such as petroleum, natural gas, or even water. Modern mining processes involve prospecting for ore bodies, analysis of the profit potential of a proposed mine, extraction of the desired materials, and final reclamation or restoration of the land after the mine is closed. Mining materials are often obtained from ore bodies, lodes, veins, seams, reefs, or placer deposits. The exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
