Archive for September 10th, 2008
Kazakhstan News Roundup - September 10, 2008
ENERGY:
OVL suffers setback in Kazakhstan
(Economic Times) - Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has suffered a setback in its efforts to get 25 per cent stake in the prospective Satpayev oil field in the Caspian Sea after Kazakhstan backtracked on its commitment.
Investors nervous as Petrolinvest drills deeper for oil
(Warsaw Business Journal) - Petrolinvest, which is part of Ryszard Krauze’s capital group, is intensively searching for oil in Kazakhstan, while shareholders are eager to see oil extraction begin.
Kazakhstan to hold a tender for strategic investor in Balkash power plant
(SRI) - A tender to find a strategic investor in the Balkhash nuclear power plant near Lake Balkash in Almaty region in southeastern Kazakhstan will be held in a month.
KazMunaiGas, Gazprom Neft to sign cooperation agreement
(Kazakhstan Today) - The Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, held a meeting with the President of Gazprom Neft, Alexander Dyukov, on Friday.
Construction of gas pipeline West - South in Kazakhstan to begin in first half of 2009 - PM (Kazakhstan Today)
KazMunaiGas Trade House becomes international vertically-integrated company: G. Tumabayev (Kazinform)
Kazakhstan intends to transport 56mln tons of oil through Azerbaijan (Kazinform)
Kyrgyzstan seeks to import electricity from Kazakhstan (Turkish Weekly)
MINERAL RESOURCES:
Central Asia Resources gets Kazakhstan approval (Mineweb)
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY:
Kazyna aims to become an independent fund
(SRI) - Kazyna Sustainable Growth Fund, the state development fund, is planning to turn into an independent investment fund by 2012.
Minimum level of bank capital to be increased since 2009 (Kazakhstan Today)
Government starts drafting new Customs Code soon, says premier (Interfax)
Our tax policy oriented to economic modernization: Kazakh PM (Interfax)
Kazakhstan: grain purchasing prices decrease (AgriMarket.Info)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates September 10, 2008 (Kazinform)
POLITICS:
NATO Assistant Secretary General to visit Kazakhstan on September 11-12 - MFA (Kazakhstan Today)
Brussels to hold EU-Kazakhstan Cooperation Council (Kazinform)
Kazakhstan Communist Party leader concerned with social and economic situation (Interfax)
Astana to host meeting of Central Asian Border Security Initiative (Kazinform)
Kazakhstan - an anchor of stability in Central Asia: Gerhard Schroeder (Kazinform)
SOCIETY:
Mass raids, fines and bans in South Kazakhstan Region
(Forum 18) - A mass campaign against Jehovah’s Witnesses in South Kazakhstan Region was unleashed on 27 July, with raids by police, KNB and other officials on nine congregations.
Kazakhstan Society Roundup - September 10, 2008
Mass raids, fines and bans in South Kazakhstan Region
(Forum 18) - A mass campaign against Jehovah’s Witnesses in South Kazakhstan Region was unleashed on 27 July, with raids by police, KNB and other officials on nine congregations.
Kazakhstan Politics Roundup - September 10, 2008
NATO Assistant Secretary General to visit Kazakhstan on September 11-12 - MFA (Kazakhstan Today)
Brussels to hold EU-Kazakhstan Cooperation Council (Kazinform)
Kazakhstan Communist Party leader concerned with social and economic situation (Interfax)
Astana to host meeting of Central Asian Border Security Initiative (Kazinform)
Kazakhstan - an anchor of stability in Central Asia: Gerhard Schroeder (Kazinform)
Kazakhstan Business and Economy Roundup - September 10, 2008
Kazyna aims to become an independent fund
(SRI) - Kazyna Sustainable Growth Fund, the state development fund, is planning to turn into an independent investment fund by 2012.
Minimum level of bank capital to be increased since 2009 (Kazakhstan Today)
Government starts drafting new Customs Code soon, says premier (Interfax)
Our tax policy oriented to economic modernization: Kazakh PM (Interfax)
Kazakhstan: grain purchasing prices decrease (AgriMarket.Info)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates September 10, 2008 (Kazinform)
Kazakhstan Energy Roundup - September 10, 2008
OVL suffers setback in Kazakhstan
(Economic Times) - Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has suffered a setback in its efforts to get 25 per cent stake in the prospective Satpayev oil field in the Caspian Sea after Kazakhstan backtracked on its commitment.
Investors nervous as Petrolinvest drills deeper for oil
(Warsaw Business Journal) - Petrolinvest, which is part of Ryszard Krauze’s capital group, is intensively searching for oil in Kazakhstan, while shareholders are eager to see oil extraction begin.
Kazakhstan to hold a tender for strategic investor in Balkash power plant
(SRI) - A tender to find a strategic investor in the Balkhash nuclear power plant near Lake Balkash in Almaty region in southeastern Kazakhstan will be held in a month.
KazMunaiGas, Gazprom Neft to sign cooperation agreement
(Kazakhstan Today) - The Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, held a meeting with the President of Gazprom Neft, Alexander Dyukov, on Friday.
Construction of gas pipeline West - South in Kazakhstan to begin in first half of 2009 - PM (Kazakhstan Today)
KazMunaiGas Trade House becomes international vertically-integrated company: G. Tumabayev (Kazinform)
Kazakhstan intends to transport 56mln tons of oil through Azerbaijan (Kazinform)
Kyrgyzstan seeks to import electricity from Kazakhstan (Turkish Weekly)
Kazyna aims to become an independent fund
(SRI) - Kazyna Sustainable Growth Fund, the state development fund, is planning to turn into an independent investment fund by 2012, Interfax reported on Tuesday.
Kazakhstan to hold a tender for strategic investor in Balkash power plant
(SRI) - A tender to find a strategic investor in the Balkhash nuclear power plant near Lake Balkash in Almaty region in southeastern Kazakhstan will be held in a month, Samruk head Kanat Bozumabev said on Tuesday, Interfax reports.
KazMunaiGas, Gazprom Neft to sign cooperation agreement
(Kazakhstan Today) - The Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, held a meeting with the President of Gazprom Neft, Alexander Dyukov, on Friday, the agency reports referring to prime minister’s press service.
NATO Assistant Secretary General to visit Kazakhstan on September 11-12 - MFA
(Kazakhstan Today) - NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero, will visit Kazakhstan on September 11-12. The official representative of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Yerzhan Ashikbayev, informed today during weekly briefing, the agency reports.
