Increasing Kazakh coal production is good business move, says analyst

01.09.2010

The major boost in coal production that Kazakhstan has just announced may not make environmentalists happy, but it's very good business - China and India are building new coal-fired power stations at lightning speed. →

USDA Boosts 2011 Ag Export Forecast On Pork Demand, Russia Drought

01.09.2010

U.S. agricultural exports are expected to rise 5.1 percent next year to $113 billion, the second-highest total on record, as global pork and poultry demand grows and Russia’s drought leads to stepped-up purchases of American grain, according to a government report today. →

Beibut Shumenov: 'I Want Pascal, Cloud or Brahmer Next!'

31.08.2010

LAST VEGAS – WBA and IBA Light Heavyweight World Champion Beibut Shumenov took the fast track to become world champion, establishing a weight-class record along the way, and now he wants to accelerate his road to stardom. →

C.A.T. oil Enters H2 with Confidence after Significant Increase in Earnings and Profitability

31.08.2010

C.A.T. oil AG, one of the leading providers of oil and gas field services in Russia and Kazakhstan, today announced the results for the first half of the Fiscal Year 2010. During the reporting period, C.A.T. oil benefitted from the noticeable signs of an economic recovery and increasing demand for oil field services. →

Russia to Mothball Historic Sputnik Launch Site

31.08.2010

The Russian government announced that the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome, where the space race began with the 1957 launch of Sputnik, will be replaced within the decade by a new facility in Siberia. →

Kazakhstan pushes Islamic finance after banking crisis

27.08.2010

Seeking to diversify its financial industry after a banking crisis, oil-rich Kazakhstan is drawing on Arab and Malaysian investment in an effort to build an Islamic finance industry among its 13mn Muslims. →

Fed bumps notables at its annual retreat

27.08.2010

Ahead of an important speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday, the buzz at this year's annual Fed retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyo., is who's here and who isn't. To make room for more foreign dignitaries, the Kansas City Fed, which organizes the event, has left out some of its own top officials and some Wall Street notables. →

International day against nuclear tests

27.08.2010

There will be festivities in Astana, Kazakhstan, and many other cities around the world marking the first “International Day Against Nuclear Tests.” This event, declared last year by the UN General Assembly, is intended to focus international attention on the urgent need to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons to mankind and, ultimately, to free the world from nuclear weapons. →

Russia to build China link before South Stream

26.08.2010

Russian energy giant Gazprom may build a natural gas pipeline from Russia to China before it completes South Stream. →