Spanish Talgo signs $1.2 billion contract in Kazakhstan
Spanish manufacturer of railway vehicles Talgo has signed a 15-year contract on maintenance of passenger carriages in Kazakhstan. The contract is worth 989 million euros ($1.2 billion), CincoDias reported.
According to the contract, Talgo will carry out services on passenger carriages maintenance in Zhagiparov PP- a subsidiary of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (Kazakh Railways). The company will be responsible for operation of 1,044 passenger carriages.
Talgo company has been working in Kazakhstan for a time. Earlier the company signed an agreement with Kazakh government to renew Kazakh railway’s carriage fleet.
Moreover, in June 2010, Talgo and Kazakhstan Temir Zholy signed an agreement to create a joint venture Tulpar Talgo and build a passenger carriage plant with capacity of 150 carriages per year in Kazakh city of Astana. The plant started manufacture in December 2011.
Gross grain harvest in Kazakhstan expected to reach 14 million tons
Kazakhstan, Astana, July 17 /Trend D.Mukhtarov/
The gross grain harvest in Kazakhstan is forecast at 14 million tons at an average yield of 8.7 tons per hectare (kg / ha) due to dry weather, the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan said on Tuesday.
In the northern regional areas of Akmola, Kostanai, Pavlodar and North Kazakhstan, the gross grain harvest is forecast at 11.4 million tons at an average yield of 8.7 tons / hectares. In the western, central and eastern regions (Aktobe, West Kazakhstan, Karaganda, East Kazakhstan) – 1.4 million tons with an average yield at 6.3 t / ha and the southern region – 1.2 million tons at a productivity level of 13.2 t / ha.
According to the report, the current areas of agricultural enterprises of the western and southern regions have begun to harvest. Continua a leggere
Kazakhstan slightly decreases oil and gas condensate production in first half of 2012
Kazakhstan decreased oil and gas condensate production by 1.4 percent in January-June 2012 compared to the same period in 2011, Novosti-Kazakhstan reported with the reference to Kazakh Statistics Agency.
Kazakhstan produced 39.667 million tons of oil during the reporting period, including 6.334 million tons of gas condensate.
Natural gas production increased by 2.7 percent up to 20.469 billion cubic meters in January-June 2012, including 10.332 billion cubic meters of natural gas in gaseous state and 10.052 billion cubic meters of associated gas.
Moreover, Kazakhstan increased coal production by 0.4 percent up to 55.731 million tons in the first half of 2012.
Electricity production in the country hit 45.621 billion kWh in January-June 2012 (4.8 percent increase compared to the same period of 2011). Heat production amounted to 54.405 million Gcal (3.4 increase).
Roscosmos intends negotiating with Kazakhstan on areas for falling debris from rocket separation
Roscosmos intends signing an agreement on a new area for the fallout from rocket separation launched from Baikonur, head of department Vladimir Popovkin told reporters.
The Russian and Kazakh sides cannot agree on a new area for this purpose which is resulting in delay of a number of launches, RIA Novosti reported.
It is necessary to conclude an international treaty to be ratified by the Parliament of the Republic for allocation of a suitable area.
Kazkosmos said the parties began drafting an intergovernmental agreement in 2008, but the text hasn’t been agreed by the parties yet.
“Our task this year is the signing of the agreement with Kazakhstan,” Popovkin said. Continua a leggere
Cina: terremoto 6.6 al confine col Kazakhstan. “Scossa terribile”
Si temono molti morti in Cina per il terremoto di magnitudo pari a 6,6 gradi della scala Richter che ha ha fatto tremare la zona occidentale del Paese, vicino al confine con il Kazakhstan.
Lo ha rilevato l’istituto americano che monitora l’attivita geologica, Usgs. Il sisma, a cui inizialmente era stata attribuita una magnitudo di 6,5 gradi, ha avuto come epicentro una zona 160km a sud-ovest della citta di Shihezi, nella provincia dello Xinjiang. L’Usgs ha aggiunto che il sisma, che ha fatto fermare i rilevatori alle 05:07 ora locale (le 23:07 in Italia), e’ stato molto superficiale, a soli 9,8km sotto la superficie terrestre.
Da notare che un terremoto di 6,3 gradi e’ in grado di causare danni severi alle strutture. Non e’ possibile ancora sapere se e quante sono le vittime e i feriti ne’ il bilancio dei danni.
Kazakhstan grants approval for grounded Soyuz launches
Soyuz rocket launches stalled by a dispute between Russia and Kazakhstan over booster drop zones are scheduled to go forward in the second half of this year, beginning in July with the liftoff of several international satellites and continuing in September with the launch of a European weather observatory.
The terms of the agreement between Russia and Kazakhstan were not disclosed, but Russia has set launch dates for two Soyuz missions due to lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
The missions will fly north from the Kazakh launch site on a unique trajectory to reach polar orbit. Most Russian launchers bound for polar orbits lift off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, while Baikonur primarily handles launches to the east.
On each mission, four strap-on boosters comprising the Soyuz first stage will fall on Kazakh territory north of Baikonur. First stages from other Soyuz launchers also drop downrange on Kazakhstan, but in a different location east of Baikonur. Continua a leggere
Saipem si aggiudica nuovi contratti per 500 mln Usd
Saipem si è aggiudicata nuovi contratti nelle perforazioni mare e terra per un valore complessivo di circa 500 milioni di dollari, secondo una nota.
I contratti si riferiscono alle perforazioni marine nel Mare Adriatico, in Nigeria, ad Abu Dhabi, Angola e Mozambico.
Nelle perforazioni terra, Saipem ha firmato con vari clienti contratti per il noleggio di 14 impianti in Sud America, Arabia Saudita, KAZAKHSTAN e Italia.
Eni: diventa effettivo accordo tra Kazakhstan e consorzio Kpo
Diventa effettivo l’accordo firmato tra le società del consorzio Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (KPO) e la Repubblica del Kazakhstan.
Lo comunica l’Eni, societa’ che aderisce al consorzio.
”L’ accordo sancisce la chiusura di tutti i contenziosi in corso tra le parti, l’ingresso nel consorzio della compagnia di stato kazaka KazMunaiGaz (KMG)
con una partecipazione del 10% rilasciata pro quota dagli attuali partner e la messa a disposizione, da parte di KMG, di una capacita’ di trasporto fino a 2 milioni di tonnellate all’anno nell’oleodotto CPC. Karachaganak è un giacimento che produce petrolio, condensati e gas naturale con riserve
recuperabili stimate in 5 miliardi di boe. La produzione di Karachaganak nell’anno è stata di 239 mila barili/giorno di liquidi (64 mila in quota Eni) e 24 milioni di metri cubi/giorno di gas naturale (circa 7 milioni in quota Eni)’ spiega la nota di Eni.
Kazakhstan: aboliti i visti per cittadini europei ed americani
Europei e americani potranno viaggiare liberamente in alcuni paesi dell’AsiaCentrale, senza più obbligo di visto.
Le nuove norme varate da Kazakistan, Tagikistan e Kirghizistan hanno l’obiettivo di incrementare il turismo, agevolando gli spostamenti.
Il Kirghizistan ha già varato una legge abolitiva del visto per soggiorni inferiori ai 90 giorni per i cittadini di 44 paesi, europei e americani.
Il Kazakistan ha aperto i confini solo per soggiorni inferiori ai 15 giorni e solo per i 34 paesi dell’OCSE e lo stesso provvedimento l’ha preso il Tagikistan. Nessuna apertura, invece, da Uzbekistan e Turkmenistan.
KazAgroFinance invested more than 1.4 bln tenge in Atyrau region’s agricultural sector over the past 7 years
The KazAgroFinance company has invested more than 1.4 billion tenge in the agro-industrial complex of the Atyrau region over the past 7 years.
KazAgroFinance has invested more than 1.4 billion tenge in the agro-industrial complex of the Atyrau region over the past 7 years, the company’s press service reported. In particular, it financed the purchase of the region’s farming entities of 432 pieces of equipment totaling 769 million tenge.
Since the beginning of the year, KazAgroFinance has purchased about 500 “Belarus” tractors produced by SemAZ for 1.8 billion tenge for the needs of the domestic agricultural sector. Over this time, the leasing company has purchased more than 1,600 “Belarus” tractors from the Semei Machine Building Plant and given them to farmers in the country, according to the report. KazAgroFinance is a company established by government decree in Kazakhstan in 1999. Its main goal is to support the development of the country’s agrarian sector, ensuring access of agricultural commodity producers to funding resources as well as agricultural machinery and processing equipment on a leasing basis. It is part of the KazAgro National Holding Company.
