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Kazakhstan seeks greater role in freights operations from and to China Kazakhstan’s Minister of Industry and New Technology Asset Issekeshev: with the new railway to Turkmenistan, an extended sea port and the West China – West Europe motor corridor in place, Mangistau oblast will be a notable transport hub.

17 September 2011

President Nazarbayev visits D island at Kashagan giant oilfield The field was discovered in 2000 and was one of the larger discoveries in that decade, it is estimated that the Kashagan Field has commercial reserves from 10 billion barrels.

17 September 2011

Nazarbayev and Medvedev to discuss emergency situations Presidents of Kazakhstan and Russian Nursultan Nazarbayev and Dmitry Medvedev will discuss joint emergency situations response.

15 September 2011

E-commerce to reach $1.2 billion a year by 2014: Minister of Communications and Information According to him, as of today, annual e-commerce turnover makes up $300 million.

15 September 2011

KazaSat-2 orbital tests to be over October 19 The space vehicle will be operating managed from the Kazakhstan’s space communications center starting from the end of autumn: KazKosmos [Kazakhstan Space Agency] Head Talgat Mussabayev.

15 September 2011

KazSat-2 to enable Kazakhstan to save $30 million a year Kazakhstan’s communications satellite KazSat-2 will be operable starting from late October 2011.

14 September 2011

January – August coal production figure announced Kazakhstan is ranked 8th in terms of coal production, holding 4% of the global coal reserves. Coal accounts for 80% of power generated in Kazakhstan.

14 September 2011

Kazakhstan announces Jan – Aug gas and crude oil production output Earlier Tengrinews.kz reported that Kazakhstan plans to boost oil production to 102 million tons by 2016.

14 September 2011

Samruk Kazyna announces H1 2011 performance results Samruk-Kazyna is a joint stock company in Kazakhstan which owns, either in whole or in part, many important companies in the country, including the national rail and postal service, the state oil and gas company KazMunayGas, the state uranium company Kazatomprom, Air Astana, and numerous financial groups.

13 September 2011

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Kazakhstan to allocate $34 million to subsidize grain exports via Russia Besides, $11.5 will be allocate grain from grain storages from the major grain growing regions to other regions.

13 September 2011

Oil and Gas Minister admits fuel shortages It was reported earlier that since the start of the year petrol price had grown by 17.4%, with prices set by oil refineries growing by 23%. Retail prices for diesel fuel have grown by 20% since the start of the year.

13 September 2011

Presidents Nazarbayev and Medvedev to attend VIII Forum of near-border cooperation The previous forum was held in Ust Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan in 2010.

13 September 2011

Kazakhstan reinforces budget to combat religious extremism At the joint sitting of the two Parliament chambers September 1 President Nursultan Nazarbayev urged the Parliament to adopt a legislation to fence itself off religious extremism.

12 September 2011

Kazakhstan ready to allocate $164.3 million for KazSat-3 The satellite is to be launched in 2013.

12 September 2011

Kazakhstan plans to boost oil production to 102 million tons by 2016 According to the stats, crude and condensed gas production output for the first 7 months totaled 46.6 million tons.

12 September 2011

Kazakhstan to translate Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter books into Kazakh language Kazakhstan Communications and Information Ministry’s website announced results of the public opinion poll on what books by foreign authors should be translated to Kazakh language.

12 September 2011

Speculative investors withdrew $3 billion from Kazakhstan in summer: Gregory Marchenko According to him, the money had been invested to Kazakhstan’s instruments in February – May in hope for the tenge appreciation.

12 September 2011

Kazakhstan’s Space Agency demands greater clarity with regards to Baiterek launch complex for Russia’s Angara booster rocket It’s time to sit down and think if we really need the project that is likely not to pay back. The risks are huge: Mr. Mussabayev.

12 September 2011

Kazakhstan now has enough funds to send its cosmonaut to the International Space Station There are two prospective cosmonauts, but they are facing lack of opportunities as Russia-made Soyuz rockets are now the only means of transporting cosmonauts of all countries to the ISS: Talgat Mussabayev, Head of the National Space Agency KazKosmos.

12 September 2011