A Mighty Thirst for M&A in the Beer Industry Nov 8, 2008
Meanwhile, in another sign that deals are flowing freely in the global beer market, announced that Dubai-based capital markets partner Federico Salinas had advised in a joint venture with to sell Heineken's Kazakh subsidiary, Dinal LLP to EBI's Kazakh subsidiary, Efes Karaganda Brewery JSC. The transaction gives the Dutch company a 28 percent interest in Efes Kazakhstan. Also on tap: the $52 billion of St. Louis-based by The Belgo-Brazilian company said Wednesday that it would likely close the... (Law.com)
Kazakhstan: Astana Strives to Overhaul the Education System Oct 3, 2008
The director of a Karaganda school was arrested this September accused of taking a $1,000 bribe for giving a teacher a job. "[Pupils] are bribing their way through high school," the Western professor said. (EurasiaNet.org)
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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)
Kazakhstan name squad for England World Cup qualifier Sep 23, 2008
Defenders: Samat Smakov (FK Aktobe), Kairat Nurdauletov (Tobol Kustanai), Alexander Kislitsyn (Shakhtyor Karaganda), Alexander Kuchma (FK Astana), Vladimir Noskov (Irtysh Pavlodar), Alexander Kirov (FK Almaty) ... Midfielders: Ruslan Baltiyev (Tobol Kustanai), Sergei Skorykh (Tobol Kustanai), Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (Tobol Kustanai), Sabyrkhan Ibrayev (Tobol Kustanai), Talgat Sabalakov (Tobol Kustanai), Yuri Logvinenko (FK Aktobe), Anton Chichulin (FK Astana), Bekzat Beisenov (Ordabasy Shymkent),... (International Herald Tribune)
Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely Jul 30, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Kazakh mine collapse traps 5 workers Jun 2, 2008
The Emergency Situations Ministry said 95 other workers were safely evacuated after a sudden discharge of methane caused a collapse at a mine owned by steel giant ArcelorMittal in central Kazakhstan's Karaganda region. Karaganda governor Nurlan Nigmatulin said at a government meeting that rescue operations were hampered by fallen rubble. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Alhambra Announces Estimate of 1.07 Million Ounces of Gold Contained in the Measured and Indicated Resource Categories at its Uzboy Gold deposit Apr 8, 2008
All drill core samples were analyzed by atomic absorption and fire assay at Centregeoanalit Laboratories in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Centregeoanalit Laboratories do not have an International Standards Organization ("ISO") rating and is independent of Alhambra. (Canada Newswire)
Kazakhstan unveilsnew energy directions Feb 13, 2008
Perhaps an even greater problem, is assuring electrical power to some of the most populous parts of the country, viz southern Kazakhstan, Karaganda, Aqtobe (formerly Aktyubinsk), Kostanai, and Almaty city. India and Turkey have been trying separately for over 10 years to demonopolize their electricity sectors and their interrelated but distinct subsectors (such as power generation and power distribution, to name but two). (Asia Times Online)
Kazakhstan: Mine Safety Back in Spotlight after Fatal Accident Feb 8, 2008
A government commission investigating the accident at the Abay mine in the Karaganda Region in Kazakhstan s industrial heartland reported its preliminary findings on January 29, just 18 days after the accident ... Industrial unrest sparked by the Abay mine accident spread to a facility owned by the Kazakhmys copper giant in the town of Satpayev, also in Karaganda Region, with reports of miners downing tools and refusing to leave the pit after their shift, demanding better pay and conditions. (EurasiaNet.org)
Mittal mines a Russian mystery Feb 2, 2008
Mittal's nearest steel production plant is at Temirtau, in the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan, more than a thousand kilometers to the southwest ... They will definitely not be selling to Kazakhstan from there, as they have their own Mittal coal in Karaganda to supply their Kazakh enterprise. (Asia Times Online)
Seven dead in Kazakh mine blast Jan 12, 2008
At least seven people have died and more than 20 are missing after an explosion at a coal mine in the central Karaganda region of Kazakhstan ... In 2006, another explosion in a mine in the Karaganda region killed 41 miners ... Nurlan Nigmatulin, governor of Karaganda region, told reporters: "Seven people have been killed, 23 are missing. We don't know what happened to them.". (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Adoption dream takes couple halfway around world and back Dec 8, 2007
In early October, the Mahons received their formal invitation from the Kazakh government, then traveled to Karaganda to visit an orphanage along with five other American families. There, they would choose a child and spend the next two weeks getting to know him or her. (Milton Standard Journal, PA)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Much to explore and tap in Kazakhstan Oct 15, 2007
The company initially bought over a non-operative Soviet-era cement plant in the northern city of Karaganda and resuscitated the plant. Steppe Cement chief executive officer Javier Del Ser Perez said in the early days the company faced challenging times reviving the cement factory and demand was low. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Steppe Cement poised for growth Oct 15, 2007
The Karaganda cement business was listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), London on September 2005, via a Labuan vehicle Steppe Cement Ltd, making us one of the first Malaysian registered companies to be admitted into AIM.. What are the challenges. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Warming more than the heart Sep 21, 2007
The children who would receive the blankets are part of project Appletree in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. The Appletree House is a small house in Mikaduke, one of the poorest neighborhoods of Karaganda. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Kazakhstan: Mining Sector Strives to Improve Safety, Reduce Fatalities Aug 29, 2007
Local and international media have cited safety concerns in the eight Arcelor Mittal-owned pits around Karaganda four hours drive from Kazakhstan s booming capital, Astana which include faulty alarm and ventilation systems, outdated machinery and uncomfortable, low-quality masks. Arcelor Mittal formerly Mittal Steel says it has invested $2 billion in its Kazakhstan-based mining and steel facilities since taking them over in 1996, including over $250 million on mine safety, leading to a... (EurasiaNet.org)
Kazakhstan: Islamic Group Members On Trial For Terrorism Aug 3, 2007
In the first trial, the Kazybiysky Court in the northern city of Karaganda on August 1 began hearing a case against 30 members of the banned Islamic group Hizb-ut Tahrir. The group aims to create an Islamic caliphate in Central Asia, though it publicly rejects using violence to achieve this goal. (EurasiaNet.org)
Kazakh trial for Islamist group Aug 2, 2007
A closed trial of 30 alleged Islamist radicals has begun in the city of Karaganda, in central Kazakhstan. They have been charged with fuelling ethnic and religious hatred, and running a banned organisation, Hizb ut-Tahrir. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Kazakhstan: Officials Adopt Low-Key Approach on Language Policy Jul 25, 2007
The Karaganda Region in central Kazakhstan where in some towns only one in 10 people are ethnic Kazakhs offers a vivid illustration of the difficulties of promoting Kazakh-language learning ... The Karaganda Region has missed its target date for eliminating the use of Russian, and currently only 40 percent of the region s official paperwork is produced in Kazakh ... The Soviet system radically altered the ethnic balance in some parts of Kazakhstan, including Karaganda. (EurasiaNet.org)
Kazakhstans Capital Holds a Lavish Anniversary Celebration Jul 10, 2007
"There are lots of towns around Astana and they are developing in parallel," said Margulan Rakhimbekov, a company manager who moved to Astana from the nearby city of Karaganda to further his career. The move has also produced a fair share of lifestyle hassles. (EurasiaNet.org)
21 Convicted Over Child HIV Infections in Kazakhstan Jun 28, 2007
KARAGANDA, Kazakhstan A court in southern Kazakhstan convicted 21 medical workers Wednesday for their roles in infecting scores of children with the virus that causes , news reports said, in a case that has outraged the Central Asian nation. The court gave suspended sentences to five senior district officials, including the Shymkent's district chief medical director, Kazakh and Russian news media reported. (Fox News)
Fifth space tourist returns to Earth Apr 23, 2007
The three returning space travellers were to be taken by helicopter to Karaganda, some 200 kilometres southeast of the Kazahk capital Astana, where after undergoing medical examinations they would be flown to Moscow, the ITAR-TASS news agency said. Simonyi, who left his native Hungary at the age of 17 for the United States, was the fifth tourist to travel to the ISS, following Dennis Tito (2001) and Greg Olsen (2005) of the United States, South Africa's Mark Shuttleworth (2002) and an American... (iAfrica.com)
Back on solid ground Apr 22, 2007
The three returning space travellers were to be taken by helicopter to Karaganda, about 200 kilometres south-east of the Kazahk capital, Astana, where after undergoing medical examinations they would be flown to Moscow, the ITAR-TASS news agency said. Simonyi, who left his native Hungary at the age of 17 for the US, was the fifth tourist to travel to the ISS, following Dennis Tito (2001) and Greg Olsen (2005) of the US, South Africa's Mark Shuttleworth (2002) and an American of Iranian origin,... (Sydney Morning Herald)
Russian manned Soyuz spaceship lands successfully Apr 22, 2007
U.S Space tourist Charles Simonyi waves shortly after landing of Russian Souyz TMA-9 space capsule about 500 km (310 miles) south-west of the Kazakh town of Karaganda, April 21, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
Dire needs of Central Asia's street children Feb 20, 2007
Two Kazakh military officers were killed on Saturday when their fighter jet crashed on landing on landing in the city of Karaganda, a military source told Reuters. . (AlertNet)
European Minerals Corporation:Varvarinskoye - Updated Mineral Resource And Reserve Estimates And Mine Plan. High Grade Deep Drilling Results. Jan 15, 2007
The assays of the VC32 drill samples were performed at CenterGeoAnalit Karaganda, a well established laboratory nationally accredited ... These measures confirmed the accuracy of the Karaganda laboratory. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
* Children of the gulag live with amnesia Jan 1, 2007
FORGETTING THE PAST: Young people don't know and aren't interested in the Stalin-era deportations and repression that landed their families in Kazakhstan's gulag camps NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE, KARAGANDA, KAZAKHSTAN Monday, Jan 01, 2007, Page 4. Maria Sadina hunched over fading pictures of her parents, ethnic Ger-mans who were deported in 1941 from Russia's Volga region to one of Karaganda's many gulag camps ... Her mother was sent to the Karaganda gulag simply for her German heritage. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
