Author: Akhmet Yerzhanev

The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) survey data for Kazakhstan’s manufacturing sector in January, conducted by Tengri Partners and S&P Global, indicated “notable improvements” at the beginning of 2024, the accompanying statement to the survey said. https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-7641127835404673&output=html&h=280&adk=1795086713&adf=91239299&w=869&fwrn=4&fwrnh=100&lmt=1706920979&num_ads=1&rafmt=1&armr=3&sem=mc&pwprc=4712416003&ad_type=text_image&format=869×280&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.intellinews.com%2Fkazakhstan-pmi-shows-manufacturing-sector-recovery-in-january-310712%2F&fwr=0&pra=3&rh=200&rw=869&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&wgl=1&fa=27&uach=WyJXaW5kb3dzIiwiMTUuMC4wIiwieDg2IiwiIiwiMTIxLjAuNjE2Ny44NyIsbnVsbCwwLG51bGwsIjY0IixbWyJOb3QgQShCcmFuZCIsIjk5LjAuMC4wIl0sWyJHb29nbGUgQ2hyb21lIiwiMTIxLjAuNjE2Ny44NyJdLFsiQ2hyb21pdW0iLCIxMjEuMC42MTY3Ljg3Il1dLDBd&dt=1706920979433&bpp=6&bdt=3767&idt=6&shv=r20240131&mjsv=m202401290101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&eo_id_str=ID%3Df4f00169d70faeb0%3AT%3D1706916290%3ART%3D1706916290%3AS%3DAA-AfjYFBDfFFRefUJk9d_bJNqcf&prev_fmts=0x0&nras=2&correlator=622580804367&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=1635894655.1706726889&ga_sid=1706920978&ga_hid=127537976&ga_fc=1&ga_cid=1618928200.1706916239&u_tz=480&u_his=1&u_h=768&u_w=1366&u_ah=720&u_aw=1366&u_cd=24&u_sd=1&dmc=4&adx=15&ady=1010&biw=1349&bih=633&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=44759876%2C44759927%2C44759837%2C31080659%2C95322183%2C95324154%2C95324160%2C31078663%2C31078665%2C31078668%2C31078670&oid=2&pvsid=2407279087872286&tmod=791998889&uas=0&nvt=1&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&fc=1408&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1366%2C0%2C1366%2C720%2C1366%2C633&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&abl=NS&fu=128&bc=31&bz=1&td=1&psd=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLDNd&nt=1&ifi=2&uci=a!2&btvi=1&fsb=1&dtd=73 The headline manufacturing PMI for January rose to 50.5 above the 50.0 no-change mark (from 48.6 in December), signalling a sector recovery. The survey found improvements in output and new orders, bringing them closer to stabilisation levels. Additionally, businesses in the sector expanded their workforce, contributing to positive employment trends. The survey also reported a notable increase in business confidence in January. “New orders were broadly unchanged…

South Korea’s military said Thursday it scrambled fighter jets as two Chinese and four Russian military planes entered its air defence zone, an area wider than the country’s airspace. The Chinese and Russian planes entered and exited the Korea Air Defence Identification Zone (KADIZ) in the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, from 11:53 am (0253 GMT) to 12:10 pm, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. But “there was no invasion of airspace”, it added, and the South Korean military identified the planes “before they entered KADIZ, and deployed air force fighter jets to take tactical measures in…

BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Nov 26 (Reuters) – China and the United States exchanged accusations at the weekend over the disputed South China Sea, after China’s military said it had driven away a U.S. warship that the U.S. Navy said was on a routine freedom of navigation operation. According to a post on the official WeChat social media account of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Southern Theatre Command on Saturday, the Chinese military deployed its naval and air forces to “track, monitor and warn away” the U.S. destroyer.00:25Elon Musk, Netanyahu tour ruins of Israeli kibbutz The U.S. Navy said on Sunday that the…

Kazakhstan has leapt forward in securing its oil shipments across Russia to international customers and reaped additional benefits of closer ties with Moscow despite the threat of secondary sanctions from the West. Last year, Kazakh oil transits hung in the balance as the West imposed extensive sanctions against Russia and its corporations, prompting Moscow to seek revenge. The Kremlin retaliated by cutting capacity at Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which operates a key pipeline transporting about 80% of Kazakh oil exports — mainly from the Western-led developments of Tengiz, Kashagan and Karachaganak — to a floating terminal near the Russian Black Sea…

ASTANA – Kazakhstan and France signed thirteen agreements in transport and logistics, engineering, health care, and agroindustry worth more than $1.4 billion as part of the Kazakhstan-France Business Forum with participation of the heads of states in Astana on Nov. 1.  The event, which was organized by Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry and Kazakh Invest national company, gathered more than 400 delegates – representatives of business circles and government officials from both countries. Four industry roundtables reviewed collaborative projects and outlined new prospects in economic cooperation. Transport and logistics Opening the transport and logistics roundtable, Dosym Kydyrbayev, the member of the Kazakhstan-France…

ASTANA – The Turkistan Region has commenced the construction of a new 152-kilometer railway line Darbaza-Maktaaral to augment capacity and enhance export and transit potential, Kazakh Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov announced at a Nov. 27 teleconference, reported the Prime Minister’s press service. A new checkpoint will be established along the Kazakh-Uzbek state border as part of this significant initiative. The project is divided into two stages, involving the construction of the Yerdaut-Maktaaral section in the first stage and the Zhetysai branch in the second stage, connecting both lines with access to the Syrdarya station. The railway track will require 19,700…

As the largest country in Central Asia, Kazakhstan has not been spared the effects of climate change which are impacting the whole region, prompting the country to make plans to address environmental issues and move away from fossil fuels. Kazakhstan generates more than 70% of its electricity from its abundant coal resources, which is among the cheapest to produce in the world, but the country has big green ambitions to move away from its dependency on fossil fuels. “At the moment, the majority of our electricity comes from coal-fired power plants,” Kazakhstan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Roman Vassilenko told a press…

Ukraine has used US-supplied long-range missiles for the first time, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. His comments follow reports the weapons, known as ATACMS, destroyed nine helicopters at Russian bases in the east of the country. Ukraine has not confirmed the missiles were used. Ukraine said an air defence system and other equipment were among the targets hit in Berdyansk and Luhansk. Dozens of Russian troops were killed or injured in the operation, it added. “They have performed very accurately. ATACMS have proven themselves,” Mr Zelensky said in an evening address posted on social media, without giving details of when…

ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s civil community discussed key initiatives to advance the country’s progress towards its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the 11th Civil Forum in Astana on Oct. 18.    The forum, which is the largest civil dialogue platform in the country, gathered over 600 delegates from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), chairpersons of public councils, members of the Parliament, representatives of government agencies, and the business sector. The inaugural Civil Forum took place in 2003 when Kazakhstan had fewer than 500 NGOs. Now, that number has soared to over 23,000. In addition to the central event, regional forums were organized in 20…

ASTANA. KAZINFORM – The country has named Darkhan Akhmed-Zaki as its new vice minister of science and higher education, Kazinform cites UKIMET. Born in the village of Makanchi, East Kazakhstan region, Darkhan Akhmed-Zaki graduated from the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and the Satbayev Kazakh National Technical University. In 2016 and 2017, Darkhan Akhmed-Zaki served as the director of the higher and postgraduate education department of the Education and Science Ministry of Kazakhstan. Between 2017 and 2020, he acted as the President of the University of International Business. In the period from 2020 to 2022, he was the rector of Astana…