News: Friday, May 18, 2012 -- Issue 1519 
Article of the Day
Sarkozy hopes his successor will continue partnership with Kazakhstan
Ex-president of France Nicolas Sarkozy sent a follow-up letter to President Nursultan Nazarbaev, the Kazakh presidential press statement said.
"I sincerely wish my successor will continue the ...
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Kazakhstan General
Kasymov – bring back VP of Ideology post
Senator Gani Kasymov has made a statement that Kazakhstan should bring back to Soviet-era position of Vice Premier of Ideology, Culture, and History.
He added the state ...
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Some Kazakhstani officials are gay
Certain Kazakhstani officials are gay, Tengrinews.kz reports citing Director of the Kazakhstan Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law Roza Akylbekova as saying at the ...
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Oil and Gas Sector
KMG EP ne income rises 27% in Q1
Export sales of oil from Ozenmunaigas and EmbaMunaiGas totaled 1.5 million tons from January to March 2012, while deliveries to the domestic market amounted to 457 ...
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Kashagan Pilot production to start by year end
By Aidana Ussupova
Pilot oil production will start at Kashagan by the end of the year, Tengrinews.kz reports citing Chairman of KazMunaiGas Lyazzat Kiinov as stating after ...
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Financial police to investigate into Kashagan bribe allegations
The Italian authorities have not turned to Kazakhstan’s financial police with regards to allegations that Eni, an Italian oil major, resorted to giving bribes when penning ...
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Kazakhstan sells LUKoil geological materials for $3 million
Kazakhstan has sold LUKoil geological materials worth $3 million, Tengrinews.kz reports citing President of LUKoil Vagit Alekperov as saying after the signing of several agreements with ...
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Kazakh court sentences policeman in riot trial
By Robin Paxton
A court in Kazakhstan sentenced a police officer to five years in jail on Thursday for his actions during last year's deadly riots that ...
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Tensions mount and troops reenter Zhanaozen
Tensions among the ordinary populace of Zhanaozen rose on the eve of the court verdict for protest organizers and police officers that were accused of abuse ...
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Venezuela economy grows at fastest pace in almost four years
By Charlie Devereux
Venezuela’s economy grew at the fastest pace since 2008 in the first quarter as record oil revenue allowed President Hugo Chavez to finance ...
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Oil hovers below $93 after sharp 2-week sell-off
Oil prices hovered below $93 a barrel Friday in Asia, pausing after the latest twists in Europe's debt crisis triggered a sharp two-week selloff.
Benchmark oil for ...
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Finance and Investment
Austria and Kazakhstan to develop partnership in tourism
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Austria Kairat Abdrakhmanov paid a visit to the federal state of Salzburg, a press statement from the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said, Kazinform ...
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Marchenko rejects suggestions for single pension fund
Central Bank Governor Gregory Marchenko has said he doesn’t support recent suggestions to merge all the country’s pension funds into a single fund.
He made the ...
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Communications and Transportation
Almaty could get separate lanes for public transport in 2014
The city of Almaty could adopt separate lanes for public transport by 2014.
The movement of private vehicles on such lanes would be restricted, Tengrinews.kz said, ...
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Pharmaceutical and Healthcare News
National medical holding clinics to be ready for medical tourists by 2014
Clinics under the umbrella of Kazakhstan’s National Medical Holding Company (NMH) in Kazakhstan will be ready to accept medical tourists by 2014, Deputy Chairman of the ...
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Regional News
Afghan conference objectives must be met to ensure peace
Analysis by M. Ashraf Haidari
Last December in Bonn, Afghanistan chaired and Germany hosted an international conference on 'Afghanistan and the International Community: From Transition to the ...
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Uzbekistan aims to join China gas supply route in 2012
By Dmitry Solovyov
TASHKENT, May 17 (Reuters) - Uzbekistan aims to start pumping natural gas to China this year through a pipeline spanning three Central Asia states, ...
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Ukrainian PM admits no discounts from 2010 gas deal with Moscow
By Dmytro Shurkhalo
Meeting with members of the European Parliament in Brussels this week, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov acknowledged what the critics of President Viktor Yanukovych ...
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Prices and Statistics
Oil and Gas Prices
Date: May 18, 2011; Source: Bloomberg.com
| Petroleum
($/bbl) |
|
Price* |
Change |
%Change |
Time |
| Nymex Crude Future |
91.72
|
-0.84
|
-0.91
|
01:41 |
| Dated Brent Spot |
107.50 |
-0.42 |
-0.39
|
01:52 |
| WTI Cushing Spot |
92.56 |
-0.25 |
-0.27
|
05/17 |
| Petroleum
(cent/gal) |
|
Price* |
Change |
%Change |
Time |
| Nymex Heating Oil Future |
283.00
|
-1.90
|
-0.67 |
01:38
|
| Nymex RBOB Gasoline Future |
286.19
|
-1.63 |
-0.57 |
01:30 |
| Natural gas
($/MMBtu) |
|
Price* |
Change |
%Change |
Time |
| Nymex Henry Hub Future |
2.61 |
0.02 |
0.77 |
01:42 |
| Henry Hub Spot |
2.61 |
0.11 |
4.40 |
05/17 |
| New York City Gate Spot |
2.69
|
0.05
|
1.89 |
05/17
|
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Commodities
Date: May 18, 2012; Source: Bloomberg.com
| Commodity |
Price |
Change |
%Change |
Time |
| COPPER FUTURE (USd/lb.) |
346.150 |
-1.750 |
-0.50 |
01:50 |
| GOLD 100 OZ FUTR (USD/t oz.) |
1,571.300
|
-3.600
|
-0.23
|
01:49 |
| SILVER FUTURE (USD/t oz.) |
27.885 |
-0.135
|
-0.48
|
01:50 |
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Metal Prices
Date: May 18, 2012; Source: Kitco.com
| Silver |
27.95 |
-0.10 |
| Platinum |
1447.00
|
-2.00
|
| Palladium |
599.00
|
-2.00
|
| Rhodium |
1,325.00 |
0.00
|
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Exchange rates
Date: May 18, 2012; Source: the National Bank of Kazakhstan
| 1 USD |
KZT 148.03 |
1 CHF |
KZT 156.73 |
1 CNY |
KZT 23.40 |
1 TRY |
KZT 81.38 |
10 JPY |
KZT 1.84 |
| 1 EUR |
KZT 188.22 |
1 AUD |
KZT 147.02 |
1 KGS |
KZT 3.14 |
1 UZS |
KZT 0.08 |
1 BYR |
KZT 0.02 |
| 1 GBP |
KZT 235.22 |
1 CAD |
KZT 146.25 |
1 RUB |
KZT 4.78 |
1 KRW |
KZT 12.72 |
1 UAH |
KZT 18.39 |
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