Total Expands Presence in Kazakhstan (Rigzone)
Total S.A. Total signed an agreement to acquire a 50% interest in Kazakhstan’s Concession held by OilTechnoGroup (OTG), the Kazakh subsidiary of Poland’s Petrolinvest. The roughly 5,500-square-kilometer onshore license presently being explored is located in northwestern Kazakhstan.
Karimov swoops on business leaders (Asia Times)
Some of the wealthiest people in Uzbekistan have reportedly been arrested or detained over the past several days, or are being hunted down by Uzbek authorities.
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-17 06:04 Kazakh copper output seen up by 95,000T -industry min (Interactive Investor)
ASTANA, March 17 (Reuters) – Kazakhstan’s annual copper cathode output is expected to grow by 95,000 tonnes in five years from the current level of 400,000 tonnes, Industry Minister Aset Isekeshev said on Wednesday. Addressing a mining conference, he said Kazakh copper major Kazakhmys will account for 25,000 tonnes of the total increase while Glencore-controlled Kazzinc will raise production by …
Soyuz spacecraft lands safely in Kazakh steppe (The Star)
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP): Astronauts from the United States and Russia landed safely on Kazakhstan’s chilly northern steppes on Thursday after spending almost six months on the International Space Station.
Kazakhstan flood death toll rises to 40 (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The death toll from last week’s flood that destroyed a village near the Kazakh financial hub Almaty has risen to 40, the emergencies ministry said on Thursday.
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-17 06:24 UPDATE 1-Kazakh copper output to grow 24 pct in 5 yrs (Interactive Investor)
ASTANA, March 17 (Reuters) – Kazakhstan’s annual copper cathode output is expected to grow by 95,000 tonnes, or nearly 24 percent, within five years from 400,000 tonnes now, Industry Minister Aset Isekeshev said on Wednesday. He told a mining conference Kazakh copper major Kazakhmys would account for 25,000 tonnes of the total increase while Glencore-controlled Kazzinc would raise production by …
Ukraine’s leading English-language newspaper since 1995 (KYIV Post)
Emergency officials in the Central Asian nation of Tajikistan say eight people have been killed in an avalanche on a mountain highway. ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — Emergency officials in the Central Asian nation of Tajikistan say eight people have been killed in an avalanche on a mountain highway.
Maqbool visits textile factory in Uzbekistan (MENAFN)
Maqbool visits textile factory in Uzbekistan
TAJIKISTAN: WORLD BANK OFFER ENERGIZES ROGUN HYDROPOWER PROJECT (EurasiaNet)
A World Bank offer to underwrite an environmental feasibility study for the proposed Rogun hydropower project could mark a decisive moment in the Central Asian state’s efforts to become an electricity exporter.
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-17 10:24 Kazakh KazMunaiGas EP says talking to end strike (Interactive Investor)
ALMATY, March 17 (Reuters) – Kazakh oil company KazMunaiGas Exploration and Production (KMG EP) has started talks with a group of its oil workers to resolve a two-week strike over wages at one of its production units, it said on Wednesday. The two-week strike at OzenMunaiGas, in western Kazakhstan, has cost the company a total of 10,300 tonnes in lost oil output so far, KMG EP said in a …
Soyuz spacecraft lands safely in Kazakh steppe (KCEN-TV Temple)
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) – The U.S. space agency says a Soyuz capsule carrying astronauts from the United States and Russia has landed safely in northern Kazakhstan.
