OREANDA-NEWS. On December 09, 2008 The President visited a new “Silicium Kazakhstan LLC” plant on production of metallurgical silicon, reported the Official website www.akorda.kz.

Its production capacity will reach 25 thousand tones of metallurgical silicon, 10.5 thousand tones of silicon dust and 875 tones of silicon waste. The cost of the project accounts for EUR110 million.

Addressing the metallurgists, President Nursultan Nazarbayev emphasized that a new plant meets all international standards. It is a good present to the 17th anniversary of the Independence Day.

“The production of this plant will have application in space industry, electronic engineering, and in the sphere of modern construction materials production,” – the President stressed.

The President expressed confidence that in spite of the difficulties followihg the global financial crisis, the state will continue implementing the 30 Corporate Leaders State Program.