Kazakhstan planning to reduce foodstuffs imports
The imports figures are posing a certain threat to domestic processing enterprises (…) The Government has placed a greater emphasis on development of processing enterprises to stimulate production: Agriculture Minister.
Kazakhstan to produce 190 000 cars a year by 2019
The task is to bring the number of cars from the current 37 000 to 190 000 cars a year, with the share of locally produced parts from raising from the current 30% to 50%: Industry Minister Asset Issekeshev.
PlayStation 4 leads jump in US console sales
Sony's PlayStation 4 led a surge in console sales that lifted the US video game market in April, said figures released Thursday by market research firm NPD Group.
Mass layoffs expected at ArcelorMittal Temirtau
ArcelorMittal Temirtau plans to dismiss almost one thousand Kazakhstan workers in 2014.
Japan budget carrier cancels flights due to pilot shortage
Japanese low cost carrier Vanilla Air said Friday it will cancel scores of flights in June because it does not have enough pilots to fly them.
Massive PNG gas project loads first shipment
Australian energy firm Santos said Friday the first exports from its huge US$19 billion gas project in Papua New Guinea will soon depart for Japan, four years after the joint venture was given the go-ahead.
Kazakhstan to supply electric locomotives to Azerbaijan
Alstom Transport has signed a contract to supply 50 KZ8A freight locomotives produced in Astana-based Elektrovoz Kurastyru Zauitty to Azerbaijan Railways.
KazMunaiGas discovers new oil
KazMunaiGas Exploration Production JCS has announced a new discovery in the Bashkirian tier’s sediments of the Carboniferous period in the Rozhkovskoye field.