Kazakhstan

  • Apr 17, 2008
  • 2 min read

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...

Russia
  • Apr 14, 2008
  • 13 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Food crisis represents long-term shift

The IMF and World Bank yesterday called for global action on the growing food crisis. Since 2005,...

International
  • Apr 14, 2008
  • 7 min read

TURKMENISTAN/EU: Pipeline deal hinges on gas reserves

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov at a meeting with ministers from the EU and other...

Turkmenistan
  • Apr 10, 2008
  • 2 min read

KAZAKHSTAN: Metals lead industrial output downwards

Industrial production grew by just 3.7% year-on-year in the first quarter, the statistics agency...

Kazakhstan
  • Apr 9, 2008
  • 2 min read

KAZAKHSTAN/CHINA: Work starts on gas pipeline

Work starts this year on a natural gas pipeline from Kazakhstan to China, Zhou Jiping, vice...

Kazakhstan
  • Apr 8, 2008
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KAZAKHSTAN: 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...

Kazakhstan
  • Apr 7, 2008
  • 2 min read

KAZAKHSTAN: Government mulls cutting wheat exports

The government will decide by the week's end whether to impose a duty on grain exports or suspend...

Kazakhstan
  • Apr 2, 2008
  • 2 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Food crisis leads to trade restrictions

Saudi Arabia and Egypt yesterday announced plans to scrap import tariffs on food items, amid...

International