News: Friday, May 25, 2012 -- Issue 1524 
Oil and Gas Sector
KazMunaiGas, Pertamina to Study Oilfield Development, Fuel Sales
By Nariman Gizitdinov and Svetlana Antoncheva
PT Pertamina, Indonesia’s state-owned oil company, agreed to study joint sales of oil products in Kazakhstan with KazMunaiGas National Co., the ...
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Kashagan’s foreign partners to finance state’s share of costs
By Nariman Gizitdinov
Eni SpA, Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) agreed to shoulder the investment costs owed by Kazakhstan’s state energy producer for ...
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Oil bounces back, close to $91 per barrel
By Sandy Shore
Oil bounced back a day after falling below $90 per barrel for the first time in months.
Benchmark U.S. oil rose 84 cents to $90.74 ...
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Energy Industry
Alternative Energy Sources Were Suggested During V Astana Economic Forum
"Future Energy" session was held during V Astana Economic Forum. The main idea was to raise a discussion of the alternative energy sources.
"Future Energy" is the ...
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Finance and Investment
Kazakh leader seeks foreign help to diversify
By Robin Paxton and Raushan Nurshayeva
Kazakhstan's long-serving president on Tuesday urged foreign companies developing its lucrative oil and gas fields to invest in alternative projects, to ...
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Nobel prize laureates speak on global financial storm
Two Nobel Prize laureates, John Nash Jr. and Robert Aumann, expressed doubts Wednesday about official efforts to solve Europe's financial ills and Greece's problems in particular.
Both ...
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Kazakhstan could become IPO center in Central Asia
By D. Mukhtarov
Kazakhstan, in the event of the successful implementation of the People's IPO, could become the center for IPOs in Central Asia, as China and ...
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Kazakhstan’s price growth seen at 7% this year, Kelimbetov Says
By Svetlana Antoncheva
Kazakhstan’s inflation will end the year at “no more than” 7 percent, Deputy Prime Minister Kairat Kelimbetov said.
Consumer-price growth will reach between 6 percent ...
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Astana Economic Forum discusses financial capital development
By P. Santhia Thevi
The Fifth Astana Economic Forum (AEF), being held in this capital city since Tuesday, has gathered 6,500 delegates to discuss financial capital development ...
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Pharmaceutical and Healthcare News
Nobelist speaks out on genetic modification, synthetic biology, stem cell research
By Astana Economic Forum
Sir Richard Roberts, the eminent British biologist and Nobel Prize laureate, said today European opposition to genetically modified organisms is political rather than ...
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Regional News
Russia claims new missile can overcome missile defenses
By Fred Weir
Global News Blog
Within days of NATO's announcement that its European antimissile shield is now "provisionally operational," Russia has claimed to have tested a new ...
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Kyrgyz women take to hijab
Analysis by Asyl Osmonalieva
For the last six months, 17-year-old Zarina Barinova has worn a Muslim-style headscarf whenever she goes out in northern Kyrgyzstan’s Chui province.
A confident ...
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Prices and Statistics
Volume and Share Index by Visor Capital
Date: May 25, 2012; Source: Visor Capital
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Market Movers by Visor Capital
Date: May 25, 2012; Source: Visor Capital
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Oil and Gas Prices
Date: May 25, 2011; Source: Bloomberg.com
| Petroleum
($/bbl) |
|
Price* |
Change |
%Change |
Time |
| Nymex Crude Future |
90.68
|
0.02
|
0.02
|
02:30 |
| Dated Brent Spot |
107.56 |
-0.28 |
-0.26
|
02:42 |
| WTI Cushing Spot |
90.41 |
0.81 |
0.90
|
05/24 |
| Petroleum
(cent/gal) |
|
Price* |
Change |
%Change |
Time |
| Nymex Heating Oil Future |
282.12
|
-0.07
|
-0.02 |
02:27
|
| Nymex RBOB Gasoline Future |
287.25
|
-0.40 |
-0.14 |
01:56 |
| Natural gas
($/MMBtu) |
|
Price* |
Change |
%Change |
Time |
| Nymex Henry Hub Future |
2.65 |
0.00 |
0.15 |
02:32 |
| Henry Hub Spot |
2.67 |
0.07 |
2.69 |
05/24 |
| New York City Gate Spot |
2.86
|
0.09
|
3.25 |
05/24
|
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Commodities
Date: May 25, 2012; Source: Bloomberg.com
| Commodity |
Price |
Change |
%Change |
Time |
| COPPER FUTURE (USd/lb.) |
343.950 |
1.100 |
0.32 |
02:31 |
| GOLD 100 OZ FUTR (USD/t oz.) |
1,558.300
|
-1.500
|
-0.10
|
02:30 |
| SILVER FUTURE (USD/t oz.) |
28.105 |
-0.052
|
-0.18
|
02:31 |
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Metal Prices
Date: May 25, 2012; Source: Kitco.com
| Silver |
28.21 |
-0.11 |
| Platinum |
1424.00
|
+10.00
|
| Palladium |
591.00
|
+7.00
|
| Rhodium |
1,300.00 |
0.00
|
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Exchange rates
Date: May 25, 2012; Source: the National Bank of Kazakhstan
| 1 USD |
KZT 147.67 |
1 CHF |
KZT 154.6 |
1 CNY |
KZT 23.28 |
1 TRY |
KZT 79.93 |
10 JPY |
KZT 1.86 |
| 1 EUR |
KZT 185.56 |
1 AUD |
KZT 144.11 |
1 KGS |
KZT 3.12 |
1 UZS |
KZT 0.08 |
1 BYR |
KZT 0.02 |
| 1 GBP |
KZT 231.61 |
1 CAD |
KZT 144.07 |
1 RUB |
KZT 4.66 |
1 KRW |
KZT 12.50 |
1 UAH |
KZT 18.25 |
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