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Kazakhstan Mayor wants American owner to sell Ridder Thermal Plant to Samsung
Ridder Thermal Plant may be sold to Samsung. The Mayor of Kazakhstan's Ridder town wants the plant to change hands.
04 November 2013
Kazakhstan poised to join Islamic Financial Services Board
Kazakhstan intends to join the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB).
04 November 2013
Kazakhstan may export ships to neighbors
Kazakhstan ships might be export to the neighboring countries after the domestic demand is met.
04 November 2013
Turkey fulfils sultan's dream with opening of Bosphorus rail tunnel
Turkey will on Tuesday unveil the world's first sea tunnel connecting two continents, fulfilling a sultan's dream 150 years ago, but also fuelling recent anti-government sentiment for such mega projects.
28 October 2013
Magzum Mirzagaliyev appointed Kazakhstan's Vice-Minister of Oil and Gas
Magzum Mirzagaliyev has been appointed the new Oil and Gas Vice-Minister of Kazakhstan.
24 October 2013
Japan firms to invest in Brazilian shipbuilder
A Japanese consortium on Tuesday said it would buy a 30 percent stake in a Brazilian shipbuilder as its eyes the lucrative market for resource-exploration vessels.
23 October 2013
Future of inefficient Kazakhstan's free economic zones to be decided
The future of the ineffective free economic zones in Kazakhstan will be decided on by the year end.
22 October 2013
Kazakhstan mulls admitting foreign companies to its domestic flights
Admission of foreign air companies to making domestic flights in Kazakhstan will decrease the air tickets costs.
21 October 2013
Argentina braces for European biodiesel duty hikes
Argentina's biodiesel industry warned Friday it faces collapse if Europe makes good on a threat to impose stiff duties on their product next month.
19 October 2013
GM to launch dual-fuel car in 2014
General Motors said Wednesday it will launch a car next year with the ability to operate on both gasoline and compressed natural gas, taking advantage of abundant US gas supplies.
18 October 2013
UK energy sector expecting 'massive' international investment
Britain is close to securing "massive" international investment in its energy sector.
15 October 2013
Nazarbayev instructs to stop duplicating production facilities
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has instructed the Ministry of Economy to stop duplicating production facilities in the regions.
14 October 2013
Traditional computer sales eroded by love of tablets
Industry trackers on Wednesday reported that sales of traditional personal computers continued to wither in the recently ended quarter as tastes shifted to tablets.
11 October 2013
Panasonic to exit plasma TV display business: report
Panasonic will stop making plasma television screens by early next year, a report said Wednesday, as the struggling electronics giant undergoes a huge corporate overhaul.
09 October 2013
Global world steel use set to grow 3.1 pct this year
Global steel use is expected to grow 3.1 percent this year, up from two percent last year and to expand 3.3 percent in 2014.
08 October 2013
Singapore, China giants 'mull Spain gas investment': report
Singapore state investment giant Temasek and Chinese oil group Sinopec aim to snap up a multi-billion-euro stake in Spain's Gas Natural.
08 October 2013
Niger to 'review' Areva uranium contracts
Niger, one of the world's top sources of uranium, will review its dealings with French firm Areva, which has been mining there for nearly 50 years.
07 October 2013
Kazakhstan should be proud of its new industrial economy: Akhmetov
Serik Akhmetov told about the preliminary results of the state-run program of Accelerated Industrial-Innovative Development.
02 October 2013
Japan reports weaker August factory data ahead of tax hike decision
Japan's factory output slipped more than expected in August but the government put an upbeat gloss on the data Monday, a day before Premier Shinzo Abe issues his long-awaited decision on hiking sales taxes.
30 September 2013
Kazakhstan-made clothes presented in Moscow
'Made in Kazakhstan' clothes has being presented in Moscow.
26 September 2013