Archive for January 22nd, 2009
Kazakhstan Daily News Roundup - January 22, 2009
ENERGY:
Kazakhstan says raised gas transit fee by 21 percent
(Reuters) - Kazakhstan has raised the fee for the transit of Uzbek and Turkmen gas to Russia by 21 percent from the beginning of 2009.
Kazakh energy minister urges oil sector tax cut
(Reuters) - Kazakh Energy Minister Sauat Mynbayev urged the government on Wednesday to cut the recently introduced mineral extraction tax on the oil industry due to depressed global oil prices.
MINERAL RESOURCES:
Kazakhmys chairman, CEO pledged shares for loans
The chairman and chief executive of Kazakh mining group Kazakhmys have together pledged 49.25 million shares, accounting for 9 percent of the firm’s shares, to support loans.
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY:
Marchenko named chairman of National Bank of Kazakhstan
(SRI) - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has named Grigoriy Marchenko, until now the president of Halyk Bank, the new chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan.
Crisis-hardened banker for Kazakhs (Financial Times)
IFC arranges USD160 million to build cement plant in Kazakhstan
(SRI) - Vicat,a French industrial group, announced that the financing of Jambyl Cement’s greenfield cement plant in Kazakhstan has been completed.
Moody’s placed KTZ’ A3 rating on review for possible cut
(Moody’s) - Moody’s Investors Service has today placed on review for possible downgrade JSC National Company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy’s A3 issuer rating and the A3 rating of the senior unsecured eurobonds, amounting to USD800 million.
Distressed Assets Fund to engage first investors not before 2011, Samruk-Kazyna (Interfax)
Prices on primary housing market to grow by 2010: KZ Developers Association (Kazinform)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates January 22, 2009 (Kazinform)
Indicators - January 21, 2009 (Reuters)
SOCIETY:
Suicide bid in Kazakhstan kills one, injures three
(RIA Novosti) - Three people were injured in eastern Kazakhstan when a man blew himself up in an apparent suicide bid.
Kazakhstan Society Roundup - January 22, 2009
Suicide bid in Kazakhstan kills one, injures three
(RIA Novosti) - Three people were injured in eastern Kazakhstan when a man blew himself up in an apparent suicide bid.
Kazakhstan Mineral Resouces Roundup - January 22, 2009
Kazakhmys chairman, CEO pledged shares for loans
The chairman and chief executive of Kazakh mining group Kazakhmys have together pledged 49.25 million shares, accounting for 9 percent of the firm’s shares, to support loans.
Kazakhstan Energy Roundup - January 22, 2009
Kazakhstan says raised gas transit fee by 21 percent
(Reuters) - Kazakhstan has raised the fee for the transit of Uzbek and Turkmen gas to Russia by 21 percent from the beginning of 2009.
Kazakh energy minister urges oil sector tax cut
(Reuters) - Kazakh Energy Minister Sauat Mynbayev urged the government on Wednesday to cut the recently introduced mineral extraction tax on the oil industry due to depressed global oil prices.
Kazakhstan Business and Economy Roundup - January 22, 2009
Marchenko named chairman of National Bank of Kazakhstan
(SRI) - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has named Grigoriy Marchenko, until now the president of Halyk Bank, the new chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan.
Crisis-hardened banker for Kazakhs (Financial Times)
IFC arranges USD160 million to build cement plant in Kazakhstan
(SRI) - Vicat,a French industrial group, announced that the financing of Jambyl Cement’s greenfield cement plant in Kazakhstan has been completed.
Moody’s placed KTZ’ A3 rating on review for possible cut
(Moody’s) - Moody’s Investors Service has today placed on review for possible downgrade JSC National Company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy’s A3 issuer rating and the A3 rating of the senior unsecured eurobonds, amounting to USD800 million.
Distressed Assets Fund to engage first investors not before 2011, Samruk-Kazyna (Interfax)
Prices on primary housing market to grow by 2010: KZ Developers Association (Kazinform)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates January 22, 2009 (Kazinform)
Indicators - January 21, 2009 (Reuters)
Moody’s placed KTZ’ A3 rating on review for possible cut
(Moody’s) - Moody’s Investors Service has today placed on review for possible downgrade JSC National Company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy’s A3 issuer rating and the A3 rating of the senior unsecured eurobonds, amounting to USD800 million.
IFC arranges USD160 million to build cement plant in Kazakhstan
(SRI) - Vicat,a French industrial group, announced that the financing of Jambyl Cement’s greenfield cement plant in Kazakhstan has been completed.
Marchenko named chairman of National Bank of Kazakhstan
(SRI) - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has named Grigoriy Marchenko, until now the president of Halyk Bank, the new chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, Nazarbayev’s press service said on Wednesday.
