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Arcelor Mittal Temirtau Company to fulfill promises within 30 days - L. Mittal

The promises given by the Company Arcelor Mittal Temirtau to the families of the killed miners and the victims during the explosion in Abay mine will be fulfilled within 30 days.

Abay. January 14. Kazakhstan Today - The promises given by the Company Arcelor Mittal Temirtau to the families of the killed miners and the victims during the explosion in Abay mine will be fulfilled within 30 days. The President of the Board of Directors of Arcelor Mittal Temirtau Company Lakshmi Mittal informed today at the press conference, the agency reports.

"We grieve on occasion of what happened in the mine. We will fulfill the promises given by the company on rendering all kinds of help within 30 days," L. Mittal said.

The General Director of Coal Department Murat Perzadayev said, "according to the eyewitnesses, human factor is not taken into account. Gas-laden conditions to a great extent, emission of lava and sudden emission of methane became the reason of explosion and fire in the mine." In 1979 there was an explosion in this mine as well, which resulted in death of 7 miners.

Today is the funeral of two dead miners - 45-year old Berik Zhaymenov and Sergey Skvortsov. The akim of oblast Nurlan Nigmatulin, L. Mittal, and Majilis deputies were at the funeral.

As it was informed earlier, the explosion of methane on lava 32К-10С occurred at Abay mine belonging to Arcelor Mittal Temirtau Company at 9.30 in Karaganda on Friday.

During the moment of explosion there were 191 people in the mine. 14 are in hospitals and 30 people were killed.

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