Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov has inspected the metalworks of ENRC PLC in Rudny town within his working trip to Kostanay region. The management of the plant demonstrated manufactured products. This plant is currently the biggest iron ore extracting and processing plant in Kazakhstan. The metal works employs more than 19 thousand people. (Kazinform/Business…
Japan is interested to expand the cooperation with Russian companies in the energy sector, Russia’s Energy Ministry reported following the meeting of Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Yanovsky with a delegation of the Japan Association for Trade with Russia attended by heads of several Japanese energy companies. “At the meeting the Japanese side confirmed its interest…
The Swedish furniture manufacturer IKEA will launch its biggest Russia-based furniture factory worth 3.9 billion rubles ($60 million) on September 7, General Director at IKEA Industry Novgorod Alexander Kozlov said. “The plan is to launch the factory on September 7. This is going to be the biggest investment in IKEA’s new production site worth a…
Gazprom International has asked the Government of Tajikistan for permit for drilling the second well at the Sariqamish gas field in the Shahrinav district, Murod Jumazoda, Chairman of the Main Geology Directorate under the Government of Tajikistan, announced at a news conference in Dushanbe. According to him, they have not yet received the results of…
A free trade zone has opened on Tajikistan’s common border with China. “The free trade zone will begin operations on both sides of the Kulma border-crossing checkpoint in the near future”, Khudoberdi Kholiqnazar, Director of the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of Tajikistan, said. “Currently, working groups of Tajikistan and China are actively…
The agreement on a free trade area between Ukraine and Canada since the moment of taking force after its ratification by parliaments of the two countries will reduce imports duties for 98% of Ukrainian imported goods and for 72% of Canadian exports to nil, Ukraine’s Economic Development and Trade Ministry reported. “Imports duties on agricultural…
Representatives of National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom have discussed a possibility of cooperation in infrastructure and engineering projects with Spain’s IDOM Ingenieria, the company’s press service reported. The press service said that special attention was paid to IDOM projects implemented in the nuclear and energy sector: stress tests at all Spanish nuclear power plants (NPPs),…