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Kazakhstan to establish Drilling and Production Research Institute
A research institute of oil drilling and production will soon be created in Kazakhstan.
27 February 2014
Over 2,000 workers injured in factory accidents every year in Kazakhstan
Occupational morbidity rate is growing in Kazakhstan: Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Kazakhstan.
25 February 2014
Work to resume Thursday on widening of Panama Canal: official
Work to widen the Panama Canal will resume on Thursday, an official said, two weeks after the huge project was suspended over $1.6 billion in cost overruns.
20 February 2014
Aktau no longer candidate to host nuclear power plant
Kazakhstan's nuclear power plant is not going to be constructed in Aktau city of Mangistau Oblast.
17 February 2014
Mining companies applaud tenge devaluation in Kazakhstan
The Association of Mining and Metallurgical Enterprises is supportive of the tenge devaluation.
14 February 2014
Nazarbayev expects serious oil from Kashagan
Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan, is expecting some ‘serious’ oil from flicking Kashagan oil field at the Caspian Sea in 2014.
13 February 2014
Panama president blames former canal chief for crisis
Panama President Ricardo Martinelli on Monday blamed the Panama Canal's former administrator for the crisis surrounding its massive expansion project -- where work has been halted over a billion-dollar payment dispute.
12 February 2014
Kazakhstan Prime-Minister instructs to boost agricultural processing
Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov has instructed the Government to create conditions for domestic agricultural processing.
07 February 2014
Container traffic between Europe and Asia through Kazakhstan grows 61%
Transit container traffic flow between Europe and Asia through Kazakhstan reached 5,630 TEU in 2013, which is 61% more than in 2012.
06 February 2014
Cuba opens 'megaport' with high hopes for more trade
Cuba officially opened its new Mariel "megaport" on Monday, hoping the project will put it on the map as a regional shipping hub despite scant foreign investment and the US economic embargo.
29 January 2014
'Smart rubber' to be produced in Kazakhstan
The first recycling plant for used tires has been launched in Kyzylorda city in southern Kazakhstan.
28 January 2014
Kok Zhailyau resort to have freeride tracks
Kok Zhailyau mountain skiing resort near Kazakhstan's Almaty will have kinds of ski tracks and slopes for skiers of different levels.
24 January 2014
Kazakhstan should develop oil and gas transport infrastructure: IEA Executive Director
Kazakhstan should develop oil and gas transport infrastructure and take a hard stance of pricing talks in the region: Maria van der Hoeven.
21 January 2014
Hyundai starts work on world's biggest container ships
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries has started construction on a Chinese order for the world's largest container ships.
20 January 2014
Gasoline shortage in Kazakhstan is ridiculous: Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has declared that it was necessary to develop one more oil refinery in the country.
17 January 2014
Kazakhstan offers $500 thousand for new technologies
Scientists can get up to $500 thousand in grants for commercialization of new technologists in Kazakhstan.
13 January 2014
Wanted: Billions of bees for European farms
Many countries in Europe face a worrying lack of crop-pollinating honeybees, a problem caused mainly by an EU policy shift in favour of biofuels.
10 January 2014
NCOC discussing possible scenarios of safe oil production restart at Kashagan
NCOC, the Kashagan field operator, has started discussing possible technological scenarios of safe oil production restart.
09 January 2014
$800 million to be invested into second-tier banks by Baiterek Holding
Baiterek Holding running the State Program of Accelerated Innovative and Industrial Development will channel $800mln into Kazakhstan banks.
31 December 2013
Car production to increase 1.5-fold in 2014 in Kazakhstan
53-55 thousand cars will be assembled in Kazakhstan in 2014.
31 December 2013