OREANDA-NEWS. On July 01, 2008 Nursultan Nazarbayev arrived in Temirtau, reported the Official website www.akorda.kz. 

It is always a pleasure to the President to come to the city of his young ages. There he started his career and that city formed his personality and political views.

Today, the President visited the plant at which he started his working life and opened a new division producing rolled section steel.

Addressing workers of the metallurgical plant, the President said that this new modern division is a wonderful present on the occasion of the 10th jubilee of Kazakhstan’s capital. This breakthrough project was included in the state program “Kazakhstan’s 30 corporative leaders”.

“It has a great importance for the development of construction industry, your region and the whole republic,” Nursultan Nazarbayev said.

The President said he was sure that the second train would be constructed soon. As a result, the total productivity will be almost tripled and will reach the landmark of one million tons a year. This will reduce the dependence of the Kazakhstani construction industry on import production. In addition, the local production of reinforcement steel rods would reduce prices in the construction industry.

Top managers of Arselor Mittal presented to the President their plans on developing the metallurgical plant that foresee an increase of steel production up to almost 100 million tons a year.

After that, Nursultan Nazarbayev visited the Mettalurg stadium and met with Temirtau’s residents.

Addressing the attendees, the President noted that he was pleased with successes of Karaganda region not only as President, but also as a former resident and worker of the region.

Currently, the Kazakhstani Manitka celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Almost fifty years ago, young lad Nursultan Nazarbayev from rural area followed the “steel call” to work as a metallurgist. The plant needed national metallurgical workers and four hundreds of Kazakh young men were sent to continue their study and internship at metallurgical plants of Ural and Ukraine. Sixty seven young men including the future leader of Kazakhstan studied in Dneprodzerzhinsk. Today, some of those men came to the meeting with Nursultan Nazarbayev.

The President talked to Karaganda’s residents on plans on developing the metallurgical plant, improving the well-being of the plant’s workers and constructing housing estates.

The President instructed top managers of Arselor Mittal to build a new school that will be included in the group of intellectual schools of the XXI century.

Nursultan Nazarbayev called young Kazakhstanim people to follow the way of the young people of his generation, which could be an orienteer, example of love to Motherland and labor responsibility.

In conclusion, the President wished all residents of the Karaganda region health, new successes and achievements.