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Kazakh brokerages fail to meet new rules and close

Small Kazakh brokerages are being forced out of business by new rules imposed by Kazakhstan’s authorities on volume size and liquidity (Bloomberg)

Official biography of Nazarbayev is published

Another tribute to Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev is published. Tengrinews reports

Daily News roundup Aug. 9 2012

Grain export quotas not needed despite drought — Reuters (via The Moscow Times)   Official biography of Nazarbayev is published — Tengrinews

Kazakhstan has no plans to introduce grain quotas

Despite the poor harvest, a senior Kazakh official confirms that there are no plans to introduce export quotas on grain. Read the Reuters story here

US engineer T.D. Williamson to open in Kazakhstan

US pipeline engineering company T.D. Williamson says it opens its first office in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan modernises its oil refineries, says the Kazakh state news agency Kazinform

Kazakhstan is modernising its three Soviet-era oil refineries, reports the state news agency Kazinform

News roundup, Aug. 9 2012

Kazakhstan updates its oil refineries, says the Kazakh state news agency Kazinform US pipeline engineering company T.D. Williamson says it opens its first office in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan’s interest rate cut mirrors moves by other large emerging market economies

ALMATY Aug. 3 2012 (The Conway Bulletin) – The Kazakh Central Bank finally came through on a promise made in June and cut interest rates to 5.5% (Aug. 2). The move, which comes into effect on Aug. 6, reduces Kazakhstan’s interest rate to its lowest ever level. In 2008, before the global economic crisis, Kazakhstan’s [...]

New CEO for the Asia Pipeline has been appointed, says KazTransGas — Trend

New CEO for the Asia Pipeline has been appointed, says KazTransGas — Trend

Kazakhstan’s negotiations to join the WTO will be finished this year — Kazinform

Kazakhstan’s negotiations to join the WTO will be finished this year — Kazinform