Kazakhstan government updated strategic fields list
Kazakhstan Government has updated the list of the fields of strategic importance.
Kyrgyzstan returned 29 wagons of radioactive coal to Kazakhstan
29 wagons with radioactive coal stocked at Severnaya customs in Kyrgyzstan were sent back to Kazakhstan.
Kyrgyzstan government banned import of radioactive coal from Kazakhstan
Acting Prime-Minister of Kyrgyzstan instructed Kyrgyzstan's state customs service to ban import of coal from Kulandy mine.
Kazakh coal mine checked for radiation over Kyrgyz scandal
No radiation was discovered at Kulandy coal mine of Zhambyl oblast.
Kyrgyzstan raises Cain over radioactive coal from Kazakhstan
Bishkek heat power plant received 8 thousand tons of coal from Kazakhstan with radiation level 2-8 times exceeding the standards.
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.
2 people trapped in coal mine in Karaganda oblast
5 people were working in the level at the time of the blast. Three of them walk to the top on their own, two are still trapped.
