Company history

January

  • At the World Economic Forum held in Davos, ERG among 42 leading international companies supported 10 Principles aimed at creating sustainable value chain when producing accumulator batteries
  • Completion of construction and assembly works at the first electric filter of the sintering furnace No 1 of the Pavlodar Alumina Plant

February

  • More than 20 released employees of the Torgaiskoye Bauxite Mining Unit obtained employment at the new entity
  • ERG set the plan for construction of a plant for production of precoursors
  • ERG Day was held in educational institutions

March

  • Eurasian Resources Group developed an action plan to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection among employees and influence on activity of the Company
  • ERG channeled 100 million tenge to Nur-Sultan for the fight against coronovirus
  • ERG allocated 4.5 billion tenge for creation of the Birgemiz Public Foundation
  • Top managers of Eurasian Resources Group came forward with an initiative for temporary reduction of their salary by 30%

April

  • SSGPO produced 24% products more in the first Quarter, 2020 comparing to similar period in 2019
  • In conditions of emergency employees of the Vostochny mine established a new record in waste transportation from the (CPVK) conveyor
  • ERG Service became familiar with a new product type - treads for roller mills
  • TransCom LLP almost double increased transportation of iron ore raw material to China
  • Eurasian Resources Group provided its employees with free transport during the quarantine period in the Pavlodar region

May

  • ERG allocated 5 million tenge to people affected by flood in the Maktaaralskiy area, Turkestan region
  • Miners of the Vostocny mine, EEC JSC developed one billion cubic meters of the rock mas for 35 years of operation of the coal enterprise
  • ERG and Housing Construction Saving Bank of Kazakhstan initiated a subsidized housing program for its employees in regions
  • Power unit 6 was put into operation at the Aksu Power Plant after total renovation
  • A specialized company for recycling of industrial waste ERG Recycling that was created in 2019 started its operation

June

  • Alijan Rakhmanovich Ibragimov, shareholder and member of the Board of Directors of ERG received an award for contribution to the fight against COVID-19
  • Eurasian Resources Group started a new chapter on the official website www.erg.kz to gather ideas and proposals for innovative improvements from existing and potential partners
  • Miners of the enterprise mined 600 million tons of coal since establishment of the Vostochny mine
  • Eurasia Medical Center became part of ERG

July

  • ERG signed Memorandums of Cooperation with local manufacturers
  • Miners of Shubarkol Komir JSC mined 180 million tons of coal and mined 500 million cubic meters of overburden rock since establishment of the Shubarkolskiy deposit
  • Scale project for construction of the second section of the slag and sludge dump at the Aksu Ferroalloy Plant was completed

August

  • Eurasian Resources Group channeled 600 million tenge to the Pavlodar region for the fight against СOVID-19

  • For the first time ERG Service manufactured casting buckets by themselves
  • Eurasian Resources Group channeled additionally about 1 billion tenge for the fight against СOVID-19 to regions where it operates
  • A new residential building constructed under the ERG Housing Program was put into operation in Ekibastuz
  • ERG Service double increased the volume of the power equipment maintenance comparing to 2019

September

  • Eurasian Resources Group announced the start of a program for import substitution and localization of commodities
  • The first batch of activated carbon was produced at Shubarkol Komir JSC
  • «Hybryd» filters with 99,99% degree of treatment were installed at the Pavlodar Alumina Plant

October

  • Eurasian Resources Group joined more than thousand companies that supported the Call of the UN for inclusive multilateralism in 75th anniversary of the organization
  • Eurasian Resources Group published the Sustainable Development Report for 2019
  • SSGPO increased iron content in the iron ore concentrate
  • ERG Service for the first time shipped casting products to Uzbekistan
  • Eurasian Resources Group has rendered an assistance to the music concert devoted to the 175th Anniversary of Abai Kunanbayev held in Luxembourg

November

  • ERG opened a special website - http://erg-innovation.kz, where challenges and issues of the Company and the Mining and Metals Sector are published
  • Eurasian Resources Group has signed a memorandum of intent with Sberbank for expansion of cooperation within the ecosystem of Sberbank
  • A new residential building for employees was put in commission in Aksu under the ERG Housing Program

December

  • Apart from the 13th salary traditionally paid in December, ERG paid all its employees of manufacturing enterprises additional motivational remuneration for working in extremely hard conditions in the period of pandemic
  • ERG additionally allocated 107 million tenge to the Kostanay region for the fight against COVID-19
  • The Sustainable Development Report of Eurasian Resources Group for 2019 was recognized as the best in Kazakhstan
  • KAS increased aluminum production in the presence of rapidly growing demand in Kazakhstan and Europe
  • ERG Service manufactured the first transporter crane of such scale in Kazakhstan
  • ERG started commercial operation of the Pedra de Ferro iron ore mine and initiated construction of the Porto Sul port
  • Results of the annual contest ERG Supplier Award were summarized, prestigious awards were ranted to the kazakh and foreign manufacturers of industrial equipment, service providers and financial partners