Kazakhstan News

KazMunaiGas is still in talks with Central Asia Petroleum, an Indonesian company which controls the Pavlodar oil refinery, trying to close the deal that would give the national oil company control over the downstream assets in Kazakhstan.

The consortium of international oil companies developing the Kashagan oil field in the Caspian Sea said on Thursday that the global economic crisis is likely to significantly reduce the costs of developing the giant offshore deposit.

BTA Bank has hired British law firm Lovells LLP to advise it on debt recovery, the bank said on Thursday.

KazMunaiGas and Samruk-Kazyna seek to raise 190 billion tenge each in tenge-denominated bonds, the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange said in a statement today.

Kazakhstan, Astana / corr Trend News K. Konirova /

On July 3 Kazakhstan Parliamentary Senate chairman, deputy speaker of the Parliamentary Assembly of OSCE Kasim-Djomart Tokayev met with the OSCE Secretary General Mark Perren de Brishambo, participating in the third Conference of leaders of the world and traditional religions.

Azerbaijan, Baku, July 3 /Trend News E. Ostapenko/

A regional conference on Strengthening of cooperation in railway border passages in Central Asia ended in Balkanabat, Turkmenistan on Jul. 2.

Kazakhstan, Astana, July 3 / Trend News K. Konyrova /

The OSCE secretariat will support Kazakhstan in settlement of conflicts in South Caucasus during chairmanship of Astana in 2010, OSCE secretary general Mark Perren de Brishambo by answering Trend News correspondent's question in Astana on July 3.

Kazakhstan, Astana, July 3 / Trend News K. Konyrova /

The OSCE secretariat will support Kazakhstan in settlement of conflicts in South Caucasus during chairmanship of Astana in 2010, OSCE secretary general Mark Perren de Brishambo by answering Trend News correspondent's question in Astana on July 3.

Kazakhstan, Astana, July 2 / Trend Capital K. Konyrova /

Construction of Kenkiyak-Kumkol oil pipeline completed a month earlier before the appointed time in Kazakhstan, press-service of KazstroyService JSC said.

Kazakhstan, Astana, July 1 /Trend News, K. Konirova/

Astana can be ground for dialogue not only for resolution of the Arab-Israel conflict, but also Nagorno-Karabakh problem, Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Clerical Office Sheik-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade said in his interview with Trend News correspondent in Astana.

Kazakhstan, Astana, July 1 /Trend Capital, K.Konyrova/

It is impossible to construct an oil pipeline via Iran bypassing Russia in coming years, one of oil workers at the JSC KazMunayGaz National Company believes.

Goldman Sachs resigned as a restructuring advisor to BTA Bank, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.

The Financial Supervision Agency , Kazakhstan's financial regulator, has warned the country's banks against offering excessively high rates on deposits saying they created new risks.

President Shimon Peres was in Kazakhstan on Tuesday in the first visit by an Israeli head of state to the majority Muslim country, following a similar trip to overwhelmingly Shiite Azerbaijan.

Kazakhstan-focused Frontier Mining Ltd said it is confident that 2009 the company should see significant growth as the gold and silver production at its Naimanjal project has begun and the group has access to a $14-million financing facility.

Israeli President Shimon Peres says Kazakhstan could play a significant role in resolution of the Middle East problem.

Kazakhstan, Astana, June 30 /Trend News, K. Konirova/

The most expensive tickets for the concert of world famous opera tenor Placido Domingo have been sold out, representative of agency responsible for holding Day of Capital told reporters.

Kazakhstan, Astana, June 30 / Trend News K. Konyrova /

Chairman of the Caucasian Muslims Office Sheikh-al-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh has just arrived in Astana by charter flight, representative of the Azerbaijani embassy to Kazakhstan told Trend News in Astana.

Kazakhstan, Astana, June 30 / Trend News K. Konyrova /

Baglan Maylibayev was appointed press-secretary of the President of Kazakhstan upon the President's decree, press-service of Ak-Orda (palace of the Kazakh president).

Three people were killed in a coal mine explosion in central Kazakhstan Sunday night, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Monday, Xinhua reported.