Archive for November 10th, 2009
Kazakhstan Daily News Roundup - November 10, 2009
HEADLINES:
Astana Finance loses $778 million in Jan-Sep
(SRI) - Astana Finance reported a net loss of KZT116.7 billion ($778 million) in the first nine months of 2009, according to unaudited financial statements published on the website of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE).
Kazakhstan’s current account deficit totaling $3.4 billion in Jan-Sep
(SRI) - Kazakhstan’s current account deficit in the first nine months of 2009 totaled $3.4 billion, the National Bank of Kazakhstan reported last week.
Berlusconi hails Kazakh men for population growth
(Reuters) - Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi praised the virility of Kazakhstan’s men during a visit to Rome by its president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, saying this was the reason for the former Soviet country’s population growth.
ENERGY:
Kazatomprom net profit up 55 percent in Jan-Sep
(SRI) - Kazatomprom recorded a net profit of KZT29.017 billion ($193.4 million) in the first nine months of 2009, compared with KZT18.714 billion ($124.76 million) in the same period in 2008.
Zhaikmunai’s test well exceeds expectations (SRI)
KazStroyService acquires 50 million GDRs of Zhaikmunai for $200 million (Interfax)
Pavlodar refinery to boost annual oil refining capacity to 7 million tons (Interfax)
MINERAL RESOURCES:
Kazakhstan to reduce coal output in 2009 (Steel Guru)
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY:
Kazakhstan’s total foreign reserves rise slightly to $43.9 billion (SRI)
Alliance Bank appoints independent adjudicator to deal with finance trade obligations (Interfax)
Kazakh banking sector has passed the bottom of recession – Russian analysts (Interfax)
Finmeccanica, Kazakhstan sign MoU (UPI)
Kazakhstan mulls possibility of meat exports to Russia (Interfax)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates November 10, 2009 (Kazakhstan Today)
SOCIETY:
Warehouse fire kills at least 16 in Kazakh capital (Reuters)
REGIONAL:
Kyrgyz journalist brutally murdered - police (AFP)
Caspian region to be more important in global hydrocarbons supply - European Commission (TREND)
Kazakhstan Regional News Roundup - November 10, 2009
Kyrgyz journalist brutally murdered - police (AFP)
Caspian region to be more important in global hydrocarbons supply - European Commission (TREND)
Kazakhstan Society Roundup - November 10, 2009
Berlusconi hails Kazakh men for population growth (Reuters)
Warehouse fire kills at least 16 in Kazakh capital (Reuters)
Kazakhstan Mineral Resources Roundup - November 10, 2009
Kazakhstan to reduce coal output in 2009 (Steel Guru)
Kazakhstan Business and Economy Roundup - November 10, 2009
Astana Finance loses $778 million in Jan-Sep (SRI)
Kazakhstan’s current account deficit totaling $3.4 billion in Jan-Sep (SRI)
Kazakhstan’s total foreign reserves rise slightly to $43.9 billion (SRI)
Alliance Bank appoints independent adjudicator to deal with finance trade obligations (Interfax)
Kazakh banking sector has passed the bottom of recession – Russian analysts (Interfax)
Finmeccanica, Kazakhstan sign MoU (UPI)
Kazakhstan mulls possibility of meat exports to Russia (Interfax)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates November 10, 2009 (Kazakhstan Today)
Kazakhstan Energy Roundup - November 10, 2009
Kazatomprom net profit up 55 percent in Jan-Sep (SRI)
Zhaikmunai’s test well exceeds expectations (SRI)
KazStroyService acquires 50 million GDRs of Zhaikmunai for $200 million (Interfax)
Pavlodar refinery to boost annual oil refining capacity to 7 million tons (Interfax)
Zhaikmunai’s test well exceeds expectations
(SRI) - Zhaikmunai, a Kazakhstan-focused oil company, reported positive results from testing its future production well 119 in the north-eastern part of the Chinarevskoye oil and gas condensate field, the company said in a press release.
Kyrgyz journalist brutally murdered - police
(AFP) - The editor of a newspaper that frequently criticised the secret police in ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan has died after a savage attack in which he was stabbed more than a dozen times, police said Thursday.
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Kazakhstan’s total foreign reserves rise slightly to $43.9 billion
(SRI) - Kazakhstan’s foreign reserves (including the National Fund) grew slightly by 0.06 percent to $43.9 billion in October, the National Bank reported.
Kazatomprom net profit up 55 percent in Jan-Sep
(SRI) - Kazatomprom recorded a net profit of KZT29.017 billion ($193.4 million) in the first nine months of 2009, compared with KZT18.714 billion ($124.76 million) in the same period in 2008.
