Khromtau ( kk, Хромтау, ''Hromtau'') is a town in

Aktobe Region The Aktobe Region ( kk, Ақтөбе облысы, Aqtöbe oblysy; russian: Актюбинская область, translit=Aktyubinskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakhstan. The name ''Aktobe'' comes from Kazakh ''aq'' 'white' and ''töbe'' 'hill' ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

, the administrative center of

Khromtau District Khromtau ( kk, Хромтау ауданы, ) is a district of Aktobe Region in Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Khromtau Khromtau ( kk, Хромтау, ''Hromtau'') is a town in Aktobe Region of Kazakhstan, ...

. It was formed in 1967. Population: Khromtau has important

Chromium Chromium is a chemical element with the symbol Cr and atomic number 24. It is the first element in group 6. It is a steely-grey, lustrous, hard, and brittle transition metal. Chromium metal is valued for its high corrosion resistance and hardne ...

deposits, which are currently exploited in underground mines by Kazchrome, a subsidiary of

Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC (ENRC) was a public, Kazakhstan/Central African-focused, multinational leading diversified natural resources company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It had activities in integrated mining, proc ...

(ENRC). Previously, Chromite ore was mined in open cast mines, which left enormous pits behind. The newly built mosque and the also new Russian orthodox church are juxtaposed on the main square of town.

FC Gornyak FC Gornyak ( kk, Горняк футбол клубы, ''Gornıak Fýtbol Klýby'') is a defunct Kazakhstani football club that was based in Khromtau. History Gornyak started the 1996 Premier League season, but withdrew after 4 games, with their ...

soccer team played in the

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. They are now defunct. The colours of the

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

team Gornyak are green and white. They played a test match against Akzhaiyk at

Medeu The Medeu ( kk, Медеу, ''Medeu''), is an outdoor speed skating and bandy rink. It is located in a mountain valley ( Medeu Valley, or the valley of Malaya Almatinka River) on the south-eastern outskirts of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Medeu sits 1, ...

before the 2011 Asian Winter Games, but have no adult team in league as they used t

Nowadays young players is the focus. The town sent a bandy team to the Spartakiade (Kazakhstan), Spartakiade 2009. Aktobe Region, made up by players from Khromtau, won the Spartakiade in 201

For the 2014-15 season, two youth teams were allowed to participate in the leagues of

Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast ( rus, Свердловская область, Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg, formerly known as S ...

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Two players from Khromtau, Sultan Kadyrzhanov

and Kuanysh Tiemiralin

has played in Kazakhstan's only professional club, Akzhaiyk

from

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. Sultan was also part of the Kazakh team at the 2011 Asian Winter Games and his

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debut came in 2018.Sultan Kadirzhanov: The game was successful and the score says it all
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2016 Gornyak won the national championship for junior players born in 1999-2000 on home ic

http://www.diapazon.kz/aktobe/aktobe-sport/79583-gornyak-stal-chempionom-strany-po-hokkeyu-s-myachom.htm

and in 2017 there was a victory in Oral, Kazakhstan, Oralbr>

References

{{Aktobe Region Populated places in Aktobe Region Populated places established in 1967