News: Friday, April 13, 2012 -- Issue 1497 
Article of the Day
Astana to get its own Botanical Garden
The construction of a Botanical Garden in Astana will start in Astana on April 21, Tengrinews.kz reports citing Astana Akim Imangali Tasmagambetov, who reported to Kazakhstan’s President on the progress in construction of the facility.
“The Botanical Garden is located to the south of the administrative center on the property adjacent to the eastern part of the Olympic Center. A detailed concept has been prepared and work is currently in process for the development of the project’s feasibility study. Following your instructions, work on the Botanic Garden will start on April 21 during the traditional Saturday city clean-up. We plan to arrange a mass tree planting on that day,” Imangali Tasmagambetov at the meeting on further development of Astana on April 11, www.tengrinews.kz wrote.
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Kazakhstan General
Kazakh fugitive may be extradited from UAE
By Carol Huang
A former Kazakh official charged with embezzling Dh19 million may soon face extradition from the UAE, reports say.
Anar Meshimbaeva, until 2009 the head of ...
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Oil and Gas Sector
Kazakhstan to increase oil transit through Azerbaijan
By E. Kosolapova
Kazakhstan will increase its oil transit through Azerbaijan with its growth in production, Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Serik Primbetov told journalists on Thursday.
"With ...
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Condor Petroleum issues operations update
Condor Petroleum Inc has provided an update on its operations at the Zharkamys West 1 Contract Territory and the Marsel Contract Territory in Kazakhstan.
Zharkamys Territory
Shoba Appraisal ...
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Oil falls to near $103 after China growth slows
By Alex Kennedy
Oil prices fell to near $103 a barrel Friday in Asia after economic growth slowed in China, the world's second-largest crude consumer.
Benchmark oil for ...
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Shell: Gulf oil sheen dissipating
KEVIN McGILL
A 10-mile sheen of oil off Louisiana's coast appeared to be dissipating as unmanned underwater vessels continued to search for its source, a federal agency ...
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Argentina president Fernandez proposes oil firm nationalization
Blaming a lack of investment in domestic energy production for a spike in oil and gas imports, Argentina President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner sent a proposal ...
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Energy Industry
En+ May Participate in Kazakhstan Power Project, Kommersant Says
By Yuliya Fedorinova
Billionaire Oleg Deripaska’s En+ Group wants to participate in the construction of a super high voltage transmission line to Kazakhstan, Kommersant reported today, citing ...
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Finance and Investment
President Nazarbayev arrives in Jakarta to cement ties
Nursultan Nazarbayev. BloombergNursultan Nazarbayev. BloombergIn an effort to shape growing strategic ties between Indonesia and Kazakhstan, President Nursultan Nazarbayev arrived in Jakarta on Thursday on a ...
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Alliance Bank swung to capital surplus in 2011
By Nariman Gizitdinov
State-run Alliance (ASBN) Bank, the first Kazakh lender to default in 2009, said it rebuilt a capital surplus last year and predicts profit ...
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Questions arise over Ablyazov-led 'terror plot' in Kazakhstan
By Alexandra Kazakova
As the authorities in Kazakhstan try to implicate exiled banker and government critic Mukhtar Ablyazov in an alleged terror plot, analysts are trying ...
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Visa opens office opened in Kazakhstan
Visa Inc has announced it is opening an office in Kazakhstan and has summarized the interim results of its activities at a special press conference in ...
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Note from the Editor
Note: There was a misprint in the finance story published yesterday citing Troika Dialog – Halyk making gradual progress, state exit unlikely - Troika – The ...
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Trade and Consumer Goods
First Vice PM visits Almaty Oblast
First Prime Minister Akhmetov is accompanied on his trip to the Almaty Oblast by Minister of Emergencies Vladimir Bozhko, Transport and Communications Minister Askar Zhumagaliyev, Chief ...
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Communications and Transportation
Globalink busy with military cargoes
Working at short notice, Globalink Logistics Group had just 48 hours to complete a demanding project for Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Defence.
Globalink was required to move a ...
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Pharmaceutical and Healthcare News
Kazakh MPs inspect new medical training center in Almaty
A training center for mobile emergency medical care has opened at Municipal Hospital #1 in Almaty.
As part of a working trip, Kazakh MPs Dariga Nazarbayeva ...
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Regional News
Russia to spend $1 billion on new space center
By Vladimir Isachenkov
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday his nation will spend about $1 billion this year alone to build a new space launch pad in ...
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Russia says N. Korea launch contradicts U.N. council
North Korea's launch of a rocket contradicts a U.N. Security Council resolution restricting the use of ballistic technology, the Interfax news agency cited an unidentified Russian ...
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Isolated Uzbekistan attempts to lure foreign investors with tax breaks, reduced interference
In a drive to pull itself out of economic isolation, Uzbekistan is trying to attract investors with new tax concessions and rules limiting the government from ...
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Red Cross makes first visit to Turkmenistan jail
Turkmenistan has allowed a Red Cross delegation to visit one of its prisons for the first time since the reclusive Central Asian nation’s independence from the ...
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Geopolitics of energy and Korea’s choice
By Chae Hee-bong
There are several forthcoming important changes in geopolitics of world energy and climate change issues that require attention. First, China’s presence in the global ...
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Prices and Statistics
Volume and Share Index by Visor Capital
Date: April 13, 2012; Source: Visor Capital
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Market Movers by Visor Capital
Date: April 13, 2012; Source: Visor Capital
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Oil and Gas Prices
Date: April 13, 2012; Source: Bloomberg.com
| Petroleum
($/bbl) |
|
Price* |
Change |
%Change |
Time |
| Nymex Crude Future |
103.15
|
-0.49
|
-0.47
|
02:24 |
| Dated Brent Spot |
121.12 |
-0.65
|
-0.53
|
02:36 |
| WTI Cushing Spot |
103.64
|
0.94 |
0.92
|
04/12 |
| Petroleum
(cent/gal) |
|
Price* |
Change |
%Change |
Time |
| Nymex Heating Oil Future |
315.72
|
-0.91
|
-0.29 |
02:21
|
| Nymex RBOB Gasoline Future |
334.58
|
-1.09 |
-0.32 |
02:24 |
| Natural gas
($/MMBtu) |
|
Price* |
Change |
%Change |
Time |
| Nymex Henry Hub Future |
1.98 |
0.00 |
-0.05 |
02:23 |
| Henry Hub Spot |
1.88 |
-0.03 |
-1.57 |
04/12 |
| New York City Gate Spot |
2.06
|
-0.03
|
-1.44 |
04/12
|
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Commodities
Date: April 13, 2012; Source: Bloomberg.com
| Commodity |
Price |
Change |
%Change |
Time |
| COPPER FUTURE (USd/lb.) |
368.800 |
-3.250 |
-0.87 |
02:25 |
| GOLD 100 OZ FUTR (USD/t oz.) |
1,675.500
|
-5.100
|
-0.30
|
02:24 |
| SILVER FUTURE (USD/t oz.) |
32.265 |
-0.260
|
-0.80
|
02:23 |
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Metal Prices
Date: April 13, 2012; Source: Kitco.com
| Silver |
32.25 |
-0.13 |
| Platinum |
1598.00
|
-3.00
|
| Palladium |
650.00
|
-1.00
|
| Rhodium |
1,350.00 |
0.00
|
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Exchange rates
Date: April 13, 2012; Source: the National Bank of Kazakhstan
| 1 USD |
KZT 147.64 |
1 CHF |
KZT 161.25 |
1 CNY |
KZT 23.41 |
1 TRY |
KZT 82.03 |
10 JPY |
KZT 1.82 |
| 1 EUR |
KZT 193.76 |
1 AUD |
KZT 153.29 |
1 KGS |
KZT 3.15 |
1 UZS |
KZT 0.08 |
|
|
| 1 GBP |
KZT 235.28 |
1 CAD |
KZT 147.65 |
1 RUB |
KZT 5.01 |
1 KRW |
KZT 12.95 |
|
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