robin forester walker looks at one parts of the economy. >> hot dangerous and dirty.but nickolai loves his job and his future. >> there will always be a need for steel won't there? that is why we have this new firmness. >> nickolai helped make tementau a sof receive yet powerhouse and this man's career, the president of north kazakhstan. today, the people need the president's help. dozens of the plant's contractors haven't been paid since december. >> translator: i would say that this company is socially responsible towards its own employees but in its obligations to other workers such as contractor companies they are being reduced to nothing and this is unacceptable. >> arselo says it will hob its debts and blames dropping commodity prices. >> difficult decision like closing some line but on the other hand we are increasing our value-added product and this is what it's creating our hope that this is a long term sustainable. >> how sustainable will decide this plant's and the town's future. tementau is the largest producer in central asia and employs more than 13,000

let's get more from robin forester walker. tell us why the election is called early it was supposed to be next year wasn't it? >> that's right darren. the last one was in 2011. so it was surprising that he called it so soon with only a year to go and no real danger of losing it in any way. we don't expect. so the reasons for doing this are presumed to be down to the fact that the economy's not in great shape at the moment. oil price he ass as we all know have plummeted. that is impacting the kazak government, and also the russian ruble which has collapsed has caused a lot of cheap russian products to flood market, so the businesses haven't done so well as a consequence. there are a few jitters exactly what is going to happen next. mr. nazava is not getting any younger, he is in his 70s eventually he is going to need replacing and whoever comes next are they going to be as reliable next steps international investors who were starting to ask these questions as well. so he says we'll have these votes, i'll have a new mandate and