Chromtau - In the early shift on December 25, 2021, a total drivage of 9,000 meters was achieved during drivage on the -480 m level of the "10th Anniversary of the Independence of Kazakhstan" Donskoy GOK mine. Shift foreman Sergey Mitkin, foreman Galymbek Kospambetov and third foreman Talgat Urachaev (from left to right) present the certificate for the jointly completed stage. Within the last 6.5 months, a total of 1,000 m of roadway has been excavated in three driving locations in Chromtau.

Less than a month later, on January 14, the 3,000th daily report was issued on the project "Roadway drivage under difficult geological conditions" in Chromtau. As the originally planned project duration was only four years or 4,150 m, the achievement of this milestone was still unimaginable at the start-up in August 2013. Currently, the total output is 9,048 m of drifted sections.

3,000 days or more than 8 years of driving in Chromtau have an important meaning for all those involved, but especially for those who have been there since the very beginning, and testify to the successful cooperation. Unfortunately, the current difficult social and political situation in Kazakhstan caused additional expenses in the meantime, but the team coped well with them.