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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 сентября 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 сентября 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 сентября 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 сентября 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 сентября 2011

Kyrgyzstan to boost electric power supplies to Kazakhstan The sides have also agreed to speed up launching the Kazakh-Kyrgyz joint venture fund worth $100 million to invest to Kyrgyzstan.

10 сентября 2011

Foreign Minister Erzhan Kazykhanov had talks with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi Among other things the sides dwelt on trade and economic ties, emphasizing that the trade turnover between the two nations has grown 12 times for the recent decade.

10 сентября 2011

Yessimov called NGOs to counter spread of religious extremism Akim of Almaty called NGOs to support government's efforts in countering spread of religious extremism.

09 сентября 2011

Kazakhstan already harvested 43.7% of grain Agriculture Minister Assylzhan Mamytbekov had told a briefing August 17 2011 that grain harvest in Kazakhstan would make up 18.9 million tons.

09 сентября 2011

President Nazarbayev calls to shift from wheat growing to fodder cropping When we have oversupply of grain, we don’t know where to sell it: President Nazarbayev.

09 сентября 2011

Alpinists almost lost proof of the ascent during the trip back from K2 Kazakhstan alpinist Maksut Zhumayev told Tengrinews.kz the breath-taking details of the last days of the expedition to K2.

08 сентября 2011

National Bank to exercise preemptive right to buy out all produced gold for 2-3 years to come When commenting on the reasons behind the Bank’s decision to exercise its preemptive right to purchase Kazakhstan-produced gold, Mr. Marchenko pointed to lack of transparency in gold exports following the liberalization of the national market of precious metals.

08 сентября 2011

Kazakhstan hopes to join Karachaganak project within a month: Timur Kulibayev With its 1.2 billion tons of oil and condensed gas and 1.35 trillion cubic meters of gas, Karachaganak is one of the largest O&G fields in the world. Karachagank accounts for 49% of all the gas production and 18% of oil production in Kazakhstan.

07 сентября 2011

Timur Kulibayev once again refutes suggestions of his possible involvement in politics President is in a good shape. May God bless him with health. As for me, I have never been involved in politics, nor do I belong to any political parties: Timur Kulibayev.

07 сентября 2011

Pakistan makes its seaports available to Kazakhstan For January – June trade turnover between the two nations exceeded $19.9 million, 30% up against the like period of 2010.

07 сентября 2011

Kazakhstan’s Transport Minister announces deadline for West Europe – West China motor corridor project 2 787 km of the West Europe – West China transport corridor will run across Kazakhstan, notably across Aktyubinsk, Kyzylorda, South Kazakhstan, Zhambyl and Almaty oblasts.

07 сентября 2011

Latin-based Kazakh alphabet developed for Internet use Linguists have shortlisted Latin-based Kazakh alphabet versions to 4, with the number of letters varying from 29 to 33.

07 сентября 2011

Apple App Store now offers iSozdik, a Kazakh-Russian dictionary On the second day of sales the app was the most downloadable at the Kazakhstan’s segment of itunes.apple.com.

07 сентября 2011

January – August net gold and currency reserves figures announced Assets of the National Fund alone as of the end of August stood at $40.35 billion, 30.25% up from the start of the year.

07 сентября 2011

Kazakhstan undecided on constructing a nuclear power plant According to the Ministry of Industry and New Technology, Kazakhstan is considering expediency of a nuclear power plant from the safety perspective.

07 сентября 2011

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