Pakistan hit by nationwide blackout
Pakistan was hit by a nationwide blackout for more than two hours after the breakdown of a major plant caused power stations to stop working across the country.
Processing industry growing in Kazakhstan
A tendency of sustainable growth of the processing industry in Kazakhstan continued in 2012.
First Kazakhstan-made Toyota to be assembled in spring 2014
A memorandum was signed between Toyota Motor Corporation and Kazakhstan government to produce Toyota Fortuner.
Issekeshev checks on gas treatment project in Karaganda oblast
Minister of Industry and New Technologies checked on the industrialization process in Karaganda oblast in central Kazakhstan.
Fashion faves win new customers with second lines
New York fashion world darlings Zac Posen and Marchesa are the latest designers to launch secondary "contemporary" collections, giving customers a bit of glamour at more affordable prices.
American and US Airways near mega-merger
American Airlines and US Airways are close to striking a merger deal that would create the largest airline in the United States in the latest bout of consolidation in the US aviation industry.
Samruk-Kazyna to spend $101 billion on investment projects
The fund will be taking part in implementation of the industrial program in 2013 in Kazakhstan: chairman.
Energy leaders say climate crisis more urgent
Energy industry leaders on Wednesday called for a fresh push in the fight against climate change and urged governments to make it easier for the world's poor to access power sources.
Kazakhstan to finance installation of wind power stations by farmers
Individuals with no access to power generation systems can get 50 percent of the cost of 5kW generator from at the budget: Minister.
China steel industry says profits plunge
The combined profits of China's major steelmakers crashed by more than 98 percent in 2012 as growth in the economy of the world's largest steel producer slowed.
130 industrial projects to be launched in Kazakhstan in 2013
Around 130 projects have been scheduled for implementation this year: Prime-Minister.
Former flagman of Kazakhstan's fish industry went bankrupt
Specialized interregional economic court of Atyrau oblast declared Kazakhstan's AtyrauBalyk bankrupt.
Factories close, workers flee: Syria industry losing steam
Once cogs in a dynamic industrial engine that helped power Syria's economy, the factories in a sprawling zone in the heart of battle-ravaged Aleppo now stand largely silent, the workers mostly fled.
Zinc hungry China asks Canada to back giant mine
With zinc sources drying up and demand forecast to surge, resource hungry China is looking to Canada to approve two giant mines and close the gap -- but environmentalists and roving caribou stand in the way.
Non-extraction industries to double by 2025 and triple by 2040: President Nazarbayev
According to him, in 2012 Kazakhstan will be numbered among the top 50 nations in the world in terms of its GDP.
Brazil to produce more sugar, less ethanol
Brazil's sugarcane production will rise 6.5 percent this year but ethanol output will slump 5.22 percent as a greater focus is put on exporting sugar.
The region doesn't want to depend on oil: Mangistau oblast Akim
Akim of Mangistau oblast stated that the region should not depend on the oil sector.
Japan mulls gas pipeline from Russian far east
Japan is considering a $5.0 billion pipeline stretching from Russia's far east to an industrial hub near Tokyo, as it eyes new energy supplies following the Fukushima crisis.
Top headache for China's new leaders: job creation
The factories that have powered China's economic miracle are reeling from the global slowdown, presenting the incoming leadership in Beijing with a restless workforce at a defining moment in the country's growth story.
Kazakhstan to launch new car manufacturing projects in 2013
I hope that next year we will hear about several new projects in car manufacturing: Asset Issekeshev.