The amount of costs freed up due to the layoff of 18 foreign specialists at the Kumtor mine made it possible to hire 200 local employees. Kanat Kurmanov, Kumtor Gold Company Executive Director, told journalists.
«We have also activated a paid internship program for students of local universities and young professionals. At least 91 people are interns who are currently working. We already hire some of them. The plans for this year are to recruit about 100 more interns so that we have our own permanent personnel reserve,» he said.
It should be reminded that Ramis Mambetaliev, Chairman of Kumtor Birimdigi trade union organization, said earlier that the wages of workers would increase by 4 more percent this year. He also noted that since the introduction of external management, wages to workers have been paid on time, without delay and in full.
