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Iran boosts oil production by 500K, condemns new sanctions
Iran announced a major boost in oil production on Monday after the lifting of sanctions under its nuclear deal.
19 January 2016
Turkmenistan eyes Western markets with new $2.5 bln gas link
Turkmenistan hailed on Wednesday the completion of a $2.5 billion gas pipeline connecting its abundant eastern gas fields to the Caspian Sea while potentially expanding Europe's energy security options.
23 December 2015
National Champions to increase Kazakhstan's exports and GDP
National Champions are expected to develop Kazakhstan's industry and considerably increase non-commodity exports by 2018.
17 November 2015
Weight Watchers soars after Oprah tips investment scale
Weight Watchers shares more than doubled in value after US media star Oprah Winfrey said she will buy a 10 percent stake in the struggling company.
20 October 2015
OPEC chief confident of a balanced oil market in 2016
OPEC is confident that the oil market will be "more balanced" next year as non-OPEC production has contracted and global demand is increasing.
12 October 2015
Petrol follows tenge in free float: Kazakhstan government stops regulating prices
After the announcement that Kazakhstan governoment was stopping price regulation for petrol, prices spiked throughout Kazakhstan.
05 September 2015
Wikipedia blocks accounts linked to paid edits
Wikipedia said that it has blocked more than 300 accounts being used by people being paid to create or tweak entries at the communally sourced online encyclopedia.
03 September 2015
Oil prices will continue falling: Kazakh economist
Kazakhstani economist Vladimir Telnov predicts that global oil prices will continue falling in the next 5 to 15 years.
26 August 2015
EU offers more help for farmers hurt by Russia sanctions
The EU formally extended until next year a multi-million-euro aid package to help European fruit and vegetable growers hit by Russian sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.
08 August 2015
Russia starts destroying smuggled Western foods
Russian officials steamrolled tonnes of cheese, fruit and vegetables, defying public outrage to begin a controversial drive to destroy Western food smuggled into the crisis-hit country.
07 August 2015
Next oil refinery in Kazakhstan to be built together with Iran
Deputy Akim of Kazakhstan's Mangistau Oblast declared that the fourth oil refinery in Kazakhstan would be built in cooperation with Iran.
21 July 2015
OPEC unlikely to lose oil influence to US shale: analysts
OPEC's announcement that it is keeping crude output levels unchanged again, despite a collapse in oil prices, reflects the growing influence of booming US shale.
07 June 2015
Venezuela seeks allies outside OPEC to steady oil prices
Latin American crude producer Venezuela, struggling to cope with sharply lower oil prices, is seeking support outside OPEC to stabilise the market.
03 June 2015
Lithuanian PM meets with Nursultan Nazarbayev and Karim Massimov
Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev and the Kazakh PM Karim Massimov have held a meeting with the PM of Lithuania Algirdas Butkevičius, who came to Kazakhstan fro the VIII Astana Economic Forum.
29 May 2015
American billionaire Jim Rogers advises to invest in emerging markets like Kazakhstan
A famous American investor and businessman Jim Rogers advised to invest in the emerging markets like Iran, Kazakhstan, North Korea and a number of African countries.
09 May 2015
Pepsi ousts Coke as NBA sponsor; Coke takes soccer play
PepsiCo will replace Coca-Cola as the official beverage partner of the National Basketball Association, while Coke has teamed up with Major League Soccer.
14 April 2015
Producers of milk and butter mislead consumers: Kazakhstan's Agriculture Minister
Kazakhstan’s Minister of Agriculture Asylzhan Mamytbekov has talked about dairy products, particularly milk and butter, at the Food Security Conference held in Astana on March 13.
09 April 2015
KazKommertsBank names new Chairman of Directors Board and Chairman of Management Board
The Board of Directors of KazKommertsBank has named the new Chairman of the Board of Directors and the new Chairman of the Management Board.
01 April 2015
EU announces aid to pork industry hit by Russian ban
European Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan announced measures to raise pork prices to help the industry hit by a Russian embargo.
23 February 2015
Kazakhstan to return 4.1 billion tenge of VAT payments to ArcelorMittal Temirtau
The Taxation Department of Karaganda Oblast has began a check to confirm the outstanding debt of Kazakhstan tax authorities to ArcelorMittal Temirtau.
13 February 2015