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  Kazakhstan INDUSTRY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
By 2002, about $800 million had been invested in the renamed Ispat Karmet, and output had risen from2.1 million tons of rolled steel in 1995 to 3.63 million tons in 2001 (still nearly 40% below pre-independence levels).
Most of Kazakhstan's manufacturing, refining and metallurgy plants are concentrated in the north and northeast, in Semey, Petropavl, and Aktobe.
In south-central Kazakhstan, Shymkent is an important center for chemicals, light manufactures, metallurgy, and food processing; Almaty is important for light industry, machine building, and food processing.
www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Asia-and-Oceania/Kazakhstan-INDUSTRY.html   (739 words)

  
 Kazakh Adoptive Families: Aqtobe/Aktobe
During World War II a ferroalloys plant was built to smelt the nickel and chromium ores of the Mughalzhar (Mugodzhar) Hills.
Now an important industrial center, Aktobe produces chromium compounds, X-ray apparatus, and parts for agricultural machinery and has stockyards and flour mills.
This hotel is considered the best in Aktobe, and is where the President of Kazakhstan stays when he is in town with his entourage.
www.kazakhadoptivefamilies.com /cities/aqtobe.html   (558 words)

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