ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan plans to produce 77 million tons of oil in 2016 compared to 79.460 million tons last year, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported with reference to the country’s Energy Minister Vladimir Shkolnik.
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan has retained its leading position in the world as the largest natural uranium producer, the country’s national atomic company Kazatomprom said on January 18.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Centerra Gold Inc. and Kumtor Gold Company have announced that they exceeded their 2015 annual gold production guidance for the Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan.
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan is interested in cooperation with China in the spheres of industry and agro-processing, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported citing First Deputy Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon has signed the government’s resolution according to which all Internet and cellular communication in the country must be provided through a single switching center of national telecom operator Tajiktelecom, Tajik media reported.
BISHKEK (TCA) — In the course of 2015 the European Union disbursed the highest amount it has ever disbursed to the Kyrgyz Republic. The total of €34.6 million paid from the EU’s general budget included €24.6 million in development assistance and a €10 million grant payment for Macro-Financial Assistance, the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic said.
