Kazakhstan’s electric locomotives assembly factory (Elektrovoz Kurastyru Zauyty) will start production of high-speed passenger locomotives in autumn, the press service of Kazakhstan Railways (Kazakhstan Temir Zholy) said. The high-speed locomotives will be able to make 200 kilometers per hour. Such an electric locomotive – KZ4AT, designed by the French company Alstom – was successfully tested…
As of July 1, the registered carry-over stocks of oilseeds in Kazakhstan totaled 260.465 thousand tons, including 21.298 thousand tons in farming households, the Statistics Committee at the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan reported. In particular, sunflower seed stocks totaled 104 thousand tons, flaxseed – 84.3 thousand tons, soybeans – 30.821…
“The deposits can not be given to investors through an auction”, member of the Association of Miners and Geologists Kartaybek Mukambetov said at a round table discussion. According to him, during the years of independence, Kyrgyzstan has failed to establish mining production management. “The created committee has not yet shown an effective work. The State…
In January-June the volume of agricultural commodities production in Russia totaled 1.554 trillion RUR in current prices, an increase of 2.6% compared with the same period last year, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) declared. At the same time, in June the growth of production in the agricultural sector reached the level of 2.1% compared…
In 2016/2017 MY, the export volumes of Russian grains will exceed 36.1 million tons, which will become a new historical record for the country, the General Director at LLC ProZerno Vladimir Petrychenko declared. As a reminder, in 2015/2016 MY the export volumes reached 34.6 million tons of grains. Therefore, Russian wheat can keep its leading…
Georgia and Turkey agreed to support extending the strategic partnership during the first meeting of the Strategic Cooperation Council between the two countries in Ankara, the Georgian government press office said. The one-day High Level Strategic Cooperation Council between Georgia and Turkey kicked off July 19 with participation of Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and…
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov made a decision to abolish the country’s Oil and Gas Ministry to further improve the management of the oil and gas sector, the industry and regulate the flow of funds, the Turkmen government said. A department of the Cabinet of Ministers, which is subordinate to Turkmen Deputy Prime Minister Yagshygeldy Kakayev,…