Archive for August 28th, 2008
Kazakhstan News Roundup - August 28, 2008
ENERGY:
Oil firms’ deal with Kazakhs over Kashagan is a temporary reprieve
(bne ) - After more than a year of often-tense negotiations, the Kazakh government is due to finalise an agreement with the consortium developing the enormous Kashagan oilfield in September.
Talks on major Kazakh oilfield end
(BBC Monitoring - redOrbit) - Luciano Vasques, the regional director of the Agip KCO consortium, which is developing Kashagan, told the Kazinform state agency in an interview that the extraction of oil in Kashagan could start before October 2013.
MINERAL RESOURCES:
Kazakhstan to monitor workers’ safety in Mittal plant (Economic Times)
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY:
Kookmin Bank buys 23 percent stake in Bank CenterCredit
(SRI) - Kookmin Bank, Korea’s largest bank, completed its acqusition of a 23 percent stake in Bank CenterCredit.
Avtovaz to buy a stake in Azia Avto
(SRI) - Russian car maker Avtovaz plans to acquire a 25 percent stake in Kazakh Azia Avto.
Efes and Heineken to partner up in Kazakhstan
(SRI) - Efes Breweries International and Heineken N.V. plan to create a joint venture in Kazakhstan to boost production and distribution of beer in the Central Asia country.
Lithuania and Kazakhstan have huge opportunities in energy and transport areas (The Baltic Course)
Kazakh companies’ participation in Iranian cellular communication market discussed in Tehran (Kazinform)
Over 20,000 items of counterfeited products confiscated in Kazakhstan during last month (Interfax)
Kazakhstan - Czech Republic business forum will be held in Almaty (Kazinform)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates August 28, 2008 (Kazinform)
Indicators - August 27, 2008 (Reuters)
POLITICS:
Terrorism, defence shields unacceptable to Kazakhstan, says strategic expert (ANI)
SOCIETY:
Dirty work and desperadoes in Kazakhstan’s wild east (Irish Times)
REGIONAL:
U.S. energy interests and the Caspian: The free ride is over
(World Politics Review) - While control over routes for the export of oil and gas to Western markets was clearly not the primary cause of the recent hostilities between Moscow and Tbilisi, the vital role of the Caucasus as an energy transit route nevertheless cannot be ignored in the context of Russia’s increasingly tense relationship with the United States and its European allies.
Kazakhstan Regional News Roundup - August 28, 2008
U.S. energy interests and the Caspian: The free ride is over
(World Politics Review) - While control over routes for the export of oil and gas to Western markets was clearly not the primary cause of the recent hostilities between Moscow and Tbilisi, the vital role of the Caucasus as an energy transit route nevertheless cannot be ignored in the context of Russia’s increasingly tense relationship with the United States and its European allies.
Kazakhstan Society Roundup - August 28, 2008
Dirty work and desperadoes in Kazakhstan’s wild east (Irish Times)
Kazakhstan Politics Roundup - Augsut 28, 2008
Terrorism, defence shields unacceptable to Kazakhstan, says strategic expert (ANI)
Kazakhstan Business and Economy Roundup - August 28, 2008
Kookmin Bank buys 23 percent stake in Bank CenterCredit
(SRI) - Kookmin Bank, Korea’s largest bank, completed its acqusition of a 23 percent stake in Bank CenterCredit.
Avtovaz to buy a stake in Azia Avto
(SRI) - Russian car maker Avtovaz plans to acquire a 25 percent stake in Kazakh Azia Avto.
Efes and Heineken to partner up in Kazakhstan
(SRI) - Efes Breweries International and Heineken N.V. plan to create a joint venture in Kazakhstan to boost production and distribution of beer in the Central Asia country.
Lithuania and Kazakhstan have huge opportunities in energy and transport areas (The Baltic Course)
Kazakh companies’ participation in Iranian cellular communication market discussed in Tehran (Kazinform)
Over 20,000 items of counterfeited products confiscated in Kazakhstan during last month (Interfax)
Kazakhstan - Czech Republic business forum will be held in Almaty (Kazinform)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates August 28, 2008 (Kazinform)
Indicators - August 27, 2008 (Reuters)
Kazakhstan Mineral Resources Roundup - August 28, 2008
Kazakhstan to monitor workers’ safety in Mittal plant (Economic Times)
Kazakhstan Energy Roundup - August 28, 2008
Oil firms’ deal with Kazakhs over Kashagan is a temporary reprieve
(bne) - After more than a year of often-tense negotiations, the Kazakh government is due to finalise an agreement with the consortium developing the enormous Kashagan oilfield in September.
Talks on major Kazakh oilfield end
(BBC Monitoring - redOrbit) - Luciano Vasques, the regional director of the Agip KCO consortium, which is developing Kashagan, told the Kazinform state agency in an interview that the extraction of oil in Kashagan could start before October 2013.
ANALYSIS: Oil firms’ deal with Kazakhs over Kashagan is a temporary reprieve
After more than a year of often-tense negotiations, the Kazakh government is due to finalise an agreement with the consortium developing the enormous Kashagan oilfield in September.
Kookmin Bank buys 23 percent stake in Bank CenterCredit
(SRI) - Kookmin Bank, Korea’s largest bank, completed its acqusition of a 23 percent stake in Bank CenterCredit, the Kazakh bank said on Wednesday.
Avtovaz to buy a stake in Azia Avto
(SRI) - Russian car maker Avtovaz plans to acquire a 25 percent stake in Kazakh Azia Avto. According to Russian media, the deal should be sealed during President Medvedev’s visit to Kazakhstan at the end of September.
