UN atomic agency to visit Fukushima
The UN atomic agency said Friday it is sending a team from October 14-21 to review Japan's progress cleaning up areas around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant.
Asian Development Bank to lend Kazakhstan $125 million for Shymkent-Tashkent road repairs
Kazakhstan eyes ratifying a loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank to fund repairs of Shymkent-Tashkent section of the Western Europe-Western China international transit corridor.
Kazakhstan interested in construction of Kambar-Ata hydro power station in Kyrgyzstan
Kazakhstan has expressed interest in participation in construction of Kambar-Ata Hydro Power Station No.1 in Kyrgyzstan.
KazAtomProm Nuclear Company and Russia’s TVEL buy into the Ural Electrochemical Plant
The JV can provide uranium enrichment services worth up to 5 million SWU.
Japan reports weaker August factory data ahead of tax hike decision
Japan's factory output slipped more than expected in August but the government put an upbeat gloss on the data Monday, a day before Premier Shinzo Abe issues his long-awaited decision on hiking sales taxes.
Chinese tourists, diplomats make a splash in the Maldives
The travellers pouring off flight LV199 from Shanghai into the international airport of the Maldives, many dressed in designer labels, are an unmissable sign of China's interest in the far-flung archipelago.
Brazil's Petrobras announces new oil find
Brazil's oil giant Petrobras announced a new crude find Friday off the country's northeastern coast.
Kazakhstan to maintain oil pipeline to China without China's help
There will be as few foreign workers at the Kazakhstan-China oil pipeline as possible.
Shale boom remakes US energy, economy
The US shale boom is remaking the nation's industrial landscape and raising the prospect of energy independence in the world's biggest oil consumer.