US food firm sorry over China 'bad meat' scandal
The US food supplier at the centre of an expired meat scandal in China has apologised, as KFC and Pizza Hut's parent company said it would stop using the firm's products in the key Chinese market.
Kazakhstan and Russia discuss extending sales contract for Karachaganak gas
Since 2002 Gazprom of Russia and KazMunaiGas National Oil Company have been cooperating within a JV KazRosGas to sell gas from Karachaganak field, send it to Russia’s Orenburg-based gas treatment facility to be further sold to consumers both in Kazakhstan and Russia.
Monthly average shopping expenses revealed in Kazakhstan
Almaty, the biggest Kazakhstan’s city, is ranked 1st in terms of the average monthly expenses, with the average monthly amount standing at 91 000 tenge ($497), 5 times in excess of the subsistence level set for the region.
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Kazakhstan announces grain exports figure
Kazakhstan’s 2013 grain harvest (net weight) made up 18.9 million tons. According to the Kazakh Agriculture Ministry, grain exports in the 2013-2014 marketing year were estimated at about 7 million tons.