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Updates on petroleum train accident near Aktau
Akim (Governor) of Mangystau Oblast Alik Aidarbayev visited the train driver who was injured when the petroleum train flared at the Mangystau Oblast Hospital.
18 November 2013
Oil tank truck driver found and tells his story of petrolium train flaring near Aktau
The MAN oil tank truck driver told his story of the accident of the oil tank truck and the petroleum tank train near Aktau that caused an explosion, fire and human victims.
18 November 2013
No uranium revival for Mangistau
Uranium mining won't be revived in Mangistau Oblast. Its uranium ore is of low-grade, roughly 20 times below the margin considered feasible for development.
17 November 2013
1200 cubic meters of oil in 17 tanks burnt in yesterday's petroleum train fire near Aktau
The train driver is in a grave condition with 3rd category burns of 30% of this body.
17 November 2013
Petroleum train derailed by MAN oil tank truck, 10 tanks on fire in Aktau: KTZ comments
The fire started as a result of the train's collision with a MAN oil tank truck that belongs to Emiroil company; one man dead, one injured, one missing.
16 November 2013
Petroleum train on fire in Aktau, 2 dead one missing
Oil tanks are on fire near Aktau city in western Kazakhstan. Both locomotive drivers were killed by the fire, truck driver is missing, reportedly on the run.
16 November 2013
Chemical waste piled in open air near Aktau
More than 100 thousand tons of chemical waste is piled out in the open air near Aktau in western Kazakhstan.
14 November 2013
Aktau concerned about possible constrcution of nuclear power plant
Aktau is concerned about the possibility of having a nuclear power plant in the neighborhood while Kurchatov would love to have it.
30 October 2013
Beeline says Interior Ministry jams signal in Aktau
A Beeline representative tweeted that the Kazakhstan Interior Ministry had been activating jamming equipment in Aktau.
29 October 2013
Nuclear dump near Aktau causes genetic mutation in rodents
51 million tons of radioactive wastes are kept at the storage facility for uranium-containing wastes of Koshkar-Ata chemical plant near Aktau.
03 October 2013
Aktau tablet plant plays off Chinese devises as Kazakhstan-made
Aktau-based tablets-producing plant has been buying Chinese devices and passing them off as Kazakhstan-made.
03 October 2013
MangistauMunaiGas to drill five wells for bitumen plant
Drilling of five new wells by MangistauMunaiGas in Kalamkas and Zhetybai fields is probably related to demand for new supplies to the bitumen plant in Aktau: expert.
06 September 2013
Professors won't be fired: Governor
Akim of Mangistau oblast has commented the firing of 81 professors from Yessenov Caspian State University of Technologies and Engineering in Aktau.
04 September 2013
81 professors fired in Aktau university
81 professors have been fired in Yessenov Caspian State University of Technologies and Engineering.
04 September 2013
Kazakhstan designer impresses Japanese fashion maitre
Olga Stanishevskaya, designer from Aktau, Kazakhstan, has received a scholarship of the Japanese fashion maitre Shingo Sato's school in Milan, Italy.
29 July 2013
Attacker of foreigners in Aktau to undergo psychiatric test
The man who attacked three foreigners in Aktau will undergo a psychiatric check.
23 July 2013
Smoke from burning waste dump covers village in Mangistau oblast
Garbage has caught fire at a solid domestic waste dump in Mangistau oblast on July 20.
22 July 2013
Three foreigners attacted in Aktau
A man attacked three foreigners on July 20 near Alatau mall in Aktau.
22 July 2013
Kazakhstan's Aktau Seaport SEZ to focus on oil and gas
Kazakhstan Ministry of Industry and New Technologies suggests to expand Aktau Seaport Special Economic Zone and focus it on oil.
16 July 2013
Czechs open new resort in Aktau
A Czech company has built a new resort in Aktau called Tree of Lives.
18 June 2013