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Mexico's Congress approves historic oil reform
Mexico's Congress approved historic energy reform Thursday aimed at luring foreign oil firms back into the country and ending the state's 75-year-old monopoly following a heated debate.
13 December 2013
GM taps 1st female CEO as it emerges from US control
General Motors Tuesday named its first-ever female chief executive as the largest US automaker exits the government-bailout era with sales at their best level in six years.
12 December 2013
Defense electronic optical devices to be produced in Astana together with Turkey
Defense electronic optical devices to be produced in Astana jointly with Turkey.
11 December 2013
Kazakh PM visits South Korea
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Akhmetov has signed a number of cooperation agreements with South Korea in Seoul.
11 December 2013
Car maker Holden to close Australian plants in 2017
Struggling automaker GM Holden on Wednesday said it will shut down its manufacturing operations in Australia by 2017, shedding 2,900 jobs, in a major blow to the nation's car industry.
11 December 2013
NCOC announces cause of gas leaks at Kashagan oil field
Sulphide stress corrosion is the direct cause of the gas leak at the Kashagan field in Kazakhstan.
10 December 2013
Coal rush ravages Indonesian Borneo
Barges loaded with mountains of coal glide down the polluted Mahakam River on Indonesian Borneo every few minutes. Viewed from above, they form a dotted black line as far as the eye can see, destined for power stations in China and India.
09 December 2013
Nazarbayev meets KazAtomProm's Shkolnik
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has had a meeting with Vladimir Shkolnik, Chairman of KazAtomProm, Kazakhstan nuclear company.
06 December 2013
Optimism for deal to lower Pacific tuna catches
Conservationists and fishing industry representatives expressed confidence Thursday they were close to agreement on cutbacks in the lucrative tuna fishing industry in the Pacific.
06 December 2013
Samsung floats world's largest vessel
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has floated a tanker-shaped vessel tagged as the world's largest "floating facility" with a length greater than the height of the Empire State Building in New York.
05 December 2013
Kazakhstan poised to put ceiling on salaries
Kazakhstan is planning to set salary ceilings industry-wise.
04 December 2013
OPEC to sit tight over oil output on supply strains
OPEC is set to stick to its oil output limit at a meeting here on Wednesday, even as Iraq and Iran eye higher crude exports amid slashed Libyan production.
04 December 2013
Rio Tinto to suspend alumina production at Gove
Mining giant Rio Tinto said Friday it will suspend alumina production at its Gove refinery in northern Australia because it is no longer a viable business.
29 November 2013
Gold production to double in Kostanay Oblast
Gold production is expected to double in Kostanay Oblast in northern Kazakhstan.
26 November 2013
Gazprom launches South Stream construction in Serbia
Construction began on Sunday for the Serbian stretch of Russia's South Stream pipeline which will bring Russian gas directly to Europe, making it less vulnerable to price disputes.
25 November 2013
No pollution discovered at Kashagan
No pollution has been found around the Kashagan oil field in Kazakhstan.
22 November 2013
Gas boom to reshape US role in Asia: study
A boom in gas production will reshape the US role in Asia and could fuel new tensions with a growing, energy-hungry China.
08 November 2013
Kashagan consortium gets oil spill response base
NCPOC has rented an ecological base for oil spills response at the Caspian Sea.
06 November 2013
Kazakhstan eyeing elevator-making plant with Chinese
Kazakhstan's Ministry of Industry and New Technologies is planning to build a plant to produce elevators together with a Chinese company.
06 November 2013
Jordanians fret over 'dangerous' nuclear plan
Jordan's plan to build its first nuclear plant with Russian help has stirred fresh fears and suspicions as experts called for the "dangerous" and "illogical" project to be abandoned.
06 November 2013