ALMATY (TCA) — The first batch of two thousand tons of Kazakh sunflower and rapeseed oil will be sent for export to China, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported.
ASTANA (TCA) — Last year Kazakhstan’s three gold refineries produced more than 30 tons of refined gold, an increase of 15 percent compared to 2014, Meiramgali Tleuzhanov, director of Tau-Ken Altyn gold refinery, told a news conference on March 15, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan is selling state shares in the country’s largest chemical and cement plants — Navoiazot (Navoi Nitrogen) and Kyzylkumcement, said Uzbekistan’s State Committee for Privatization, Demonopolization and Competition Development.
TASHKENT (TCA) — Russian natural gas giant Gazprom and Uzbekistan’s state oil and gas company Uzbekneftegaz have signed a contract on the purchase of four billion cubic meters of Uzbek gas in 2016, Russian media reported with reference to Gazprom’s documents.
BISHKEK (TCA) — As part of the Multi-year Joint Capacity Development Program on Disaster Management (MJCD Program) which was started in 2012 by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Government of Kyrgyzstan and both KOICA and JICA will hold a Joint Seminar on Disaster Management on March 16 and 17 in Bishkek.
ASHGABAT (TCA) — The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has dismissed the claim of private Turkish company Içkale Inşaat Limited against Turkmenistan for the amount of USD 537 million and EUR 26.7 million.
