In 1976 Tursunbek Asambaev received degree with Distinction in “Metallurgy of Nonferrous, Rare and Precious Metals” from the Kazakh Polytechnic Institute named after V.I. Lenin, metallurgy department.
In October 1976 he started work as an engineer for the Kentau Excavator Plant (steel department), then he moved to the Shymkent Lead Plant.
In October 1992 he was appointed Commercial Director of JSC “Shymkent Lead Plant.”
In May 1995 he was appointed CEO of “SHSZ” JSC (from 1999 – JSC “Uzhpolymetal“).
Currently he holds the position of President of JSC “Uzhpolymetal“.
Mr Asambayev received Ph.D. in Economics from the Russian Academy of Economics (Moscow), with thesis on “Managing Industrial Enterprise in Market Conditions”.
He is the author of two scientific papers: “Vacuum Heat-treating Processing Bulk Concentrate” and “Vacuum Treatment of Czech Tetrahedron Concentrates”.