Kazakhstan
RUSSIA/KAZAKHSTAN: JV will develop big coalfield
Russia's United Company Rusal said today it had agreed to sell half of the Ekibastuz coalfield in...
RussiaINTERNATIONAL: Food crisis represents long-term shift
The IMF and World Bank yesterday called for global action on the growing food crisis. Since 2005,...
InternationalTURKMENISTAN/EU: Pipeline deal hinges on gas reserves
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov at a meeting with ministers from the EU and other...
TurkmenistanKAZAKHSTAN: Metals lead industrial output downwards
Industrial production grew by just 3.7% year-on-year in the first quarter, the statistics agency...
KazakhstanKAZAKHSTAN/CHINA: Work starts on gas pipeline
Work starts this year on a natural gas pipeline from Kazakhstan to China, Zhou Jiping, vice...
KazakhstanKAZAKHSTAN: Crude exports will pay duty from May
From May, crude oil exports will be liable to a duty of 109.91 dollars/tonne, the government...
KazakhstanKAZAKHSTAN: Government mulls cutting wheat exports
The government will decide by the week's end whether to impose a duty on grain exports or suspend...
KazakhstanINTERNATIONAL: Food crisis leads to trade restrictions
Saudi Arabia and Egypt yesterday announced plans to scrap import tariffs on food items, amid...
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