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80 percent of books are imported to Kazakhstan from Russia Kazakhstan National Book Chamber said 40% of the books in Kazakhstan are sold in Almaty. Kazakh book market is estimated at $60 million.

28 апреля 2011

Massimov warns of oil price downturn Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Karim Massimov warned his ministers of a high probability of the global oil price downturn.

20 апреля 2011

34 markets to be demolished in Almaty 34 Almaty markets in Almaty are going to be demolished. The remaining 40 will be reconstructed. The effort is expected to take 6-7 years.

20 апреля 2011

Kazakhstan lost leadership in flour export For the first time in the last four years Kazakhstan has lost the world leadership in flour export. This year Kazakhstan ranks fourth.

16 апреля 2011

Jan-Feb Kazakhstan’s crude oil exports 9.3% up Oil is supplied to Italy (26.1% of the exports), the Netherlands (12.9%), China (12.3%), and Austria (7.5%): State Agency for Statistics.

13 апреля 2011

Q1 2011 coal production 12.5% up Coal production in the Q1 2011 stood at 30 874 000 tons: State Agency for Statistics.

13 апреля 2011

Jan-Feb foreign trade turnover 32.4% up Foreign trade turnover in Jan-Feb 2011 made up $ 15.4 billion, 32.4% up against the like period of 2010: Agency for Statistics.

13 апреля 2011

Q1 2011 oil production output 3.5% up In the Q1 2011 Kazakhstan produced a total of 17 163 100 tons of crude oil and 3 272 400 tons of condensed gas, 3.5% and 4.3% up against the like period of 2010 respectively.

12 апреля 2011

More housing deals in Kazakhstan The number of residential real estate deals made 29,663 in Q1 in Kazakhstan: a 6.6% increase.

11 апреля 2011

Kazakhstan and India to sign nuclear energy agreement Kazakhstan and India are going to sign a nuclear energy cooperation agreement.

11 апреля 2011

Fuel in Kazakhstan to be 13% cheaper than in Russia Kazakhstan will restrain fuel prices after opening the Unified Economic Space and keep them 10-13 percent lower than in Russia.

08 апреля 2011

Another delay at Kashagan possible “We are expecting the concept of the 2nd stage will be available in December”: Minister of Oil and Gas Sauat Mynbayev.

07 апреля 2011

Gold production output to grow 2.3 times by 2014 The task is to bring gold production output to over 70 tons per year by 2014: Asset Issekeshev, Vice Minister of Industry and Trade.

07 апреля 2011

Kashagan oilfield might face another 3-year delay Kazakhstan is planning to delay the works on the main phase of Kashagan development for three more years.

06 апреля 2011

Kazakhstan has no plans to extend ban on exports of fuels and lubricants We will no longer be able to ban exports, as the Customs Union has its own rules to follow: Lyazzat Kiinov, Vice Minister of Oil and Gas.

05 апреля 2011

Kazakhstan to designate exclusive gas exporter Plans are there to export Kazakhstan’s gas exclusively through a national operator’s pipelines: Lyazzat Kiinov, Vice Minister of Oil and Gas.

05 апреля 2011

Kazakhstan needs nuclear power plant of its own This will entail emergence of vertically-integrated companies that are likely to use domestic commodities, spurring economy growth.

04 апреля 2011

China ranked 1st by numbers of labour migrants in Kazakhstan Turkey follows China in terms of labour migrants headcount in Kazakhstan. In 2011 Kazakhstan can accept another 40 thousand foreign specialists.

31 марта 2011

Almaty looking forward to new gas-filling stations KazTransGas and British Gas have successfully launched the first gas-filling station in Almaty. More are coming.

31 марта 2011

Kazakhstan to factor in Fokushima when constructing nuclear power station According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Kazakhstan is carrying out feasibility studies to construct a nuclear power station. The recent disaster in Japan calls for revisiting of the Kazakh nuclear program.

29 марта 2011

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