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Kazakhstan Daily News Roundup - November 10, 2011

SRI — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:50:32 +0000

ENERGY: Uranium One Q3 profit beats estimates; sees higher 2012 output (Reuters) Jupiter Energy makes its AIM debut (Proactive Investors) Kazakhstan becoming key to Korea’s energy independence (Korea Times) BUSINESS AND ECONOMY: Kazakhstan’s credit rating tops Russia at S&P for first time on budget (Bloomberg) Kazakhstan bank chief calls for higher rating (Dow Jones) Sberbank’s Kazakh unit eyes higher 2011 net profit [...]

Kazakhstan Society Roundup - November 10, 2011

SRI — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:50:15 +0000

Some 20% of religious organizations in Kazakhstan will fail to pass re-registration - expert (Interfax)

Kazakhstan Politics and Security Roundup - November 10, 2011

SRI — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:49:47 +0000

Kazakhstan deals with suicide bombings (Central Asia Online) Kazakh militants disguised as street cleaners for Atyrau attacks (Bloomberg) Almaty police murders fuel terror fears (EurasiaNet) Blair pressed on Kazakh reforms (Financial Times)

Kazakhstan Metals and Mining Roundup - November 10, 2011

SRI — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:49:13 +0000

Australian explorer to develop Kazakh copper field (Reuters) Hambledon Mining starts underground mining at Sekisovskoye one month ahead of schedule (Proactive Investors)

Kazakhstan Energy Roundup - November 10, 2011

SRI — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:48:35 +0000

Uranium One Q3 profit beats estimates; sees higher 2012 output (Reuters) Jupiter Energy makes its AIM debut (Proactive Investors) Kazakhstan becoming key to Korea’s energy independence (Korea Times)

Kazakhstan Business and Economy Roundup - November 10, 2011

SRI — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:48:04 +0000

Kazakhstan’s credit rating tops Russia at S&P for first time on budget (Bloomberg) Kazakhstan bank chief calls for higher rating (Dow Jones) Sberbank’s Kazakh unit eyes higher 2011 net profit (Reuters) Marchenko discusses tenge-dollar exchange rate - video in Russian (Bloomberg) S&P raises Kazakhstan-based GRE Samruk-Kazyna FC ratings (Reuters) S&P ups Development Bank of Kazakhstan to ‘BBB+/A-2′ (Reuters) Licorice: The next [...]

Kazakh militants disguised as street cleaners for Atyrau attacks

SRI — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:35:31 +0000

(Bloomberg) - Islamic militants disguised themselves as street cleaners to carry out two bomb blasts last month in Atyrau, the capital of Kazakhstan’s biggest oil-producing region, the Prosecutor General’s Office said.

Kazakhstan’s credit rating tops Russia at S&P for first time on budget

SRI — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:32:17 +0000

(Bloomberg) - Kazakhstan has a higher debt rating at Standard & Poor’s than Russia for the first time since 2005 as the central Asian nation spends less of its commodities- fueled wealth than its northern neighbor.

Australian explorer to develop Kazakh copper field

SRI — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:29:31 +0000

(Reuters) - Australian company Great Western Exploration Ltd has agreed to explore a prospective copper field in Kazakhstan and plans a joint venture with Kazakh state miner Tau-Ken Samruk to develop the deposit, both companies said on Wednesday.

Kazakhstan Daily News Roundup - November 8, 2011

SRI — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:50:52 +0000

ENERGY: Kazakhstan gas production in Jan-Oct up by 8% year-on-year (Steel Guru) BUSINESS AND ECONOMY: Kazakhstan rating raised to BBB+ by S&P on commodity exports (Bloomberg) ATF Bank’s nine-month net loss narrows (Reuters) Kazakhstan plans to produce over 26 million tonnes of grain in clean weight (AgriMarket.Info) Trade volume between Kazakhstan, France reaches $4.5 billion in nine months (Interfax) Indicators - November [...]