News and analysis from Kazakhstan - Mar 19th 2010
Archive for March 8th, 2009
Horses first ridden - and milked - in Kazakhstan 5,500 years ago
(Reuters) - Horses were first domesticated on the plains of northern Kazakhstan some 5,500 years ago — 1,000 years earlier than thought — by people who rode them and drank their milk, researchers said on Thursday.
ArcelorMittal board member reportedly named head of Kazakh national mining company
(SRI) - Malay Mukherjee, a member of the board directors, has reportedly been appointed the head of Kazakh National Mining Company Tau-Ken Samruk, the industry journal Metal Bulletin last week.
Kazakh president orders USD4 billion spending
(AFP) - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev ordered his government on Friday to counter the economic crisis with a series of spending measures to ensure stability in the country’s regions.
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