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Kazakhstan has secured approval from Russia to use its pipeline infrastructure to transport 300,000 tons of oil to buyers in Germany in the first quarter…
Cryptocurrency miners in Kazakhstan are paying more for their energy this year, as the government moves to encourage the use of renewables and curb the…
Azerbaijan has been enjoying a huge boost in revenues from its oil and gas exports, thanks to a deal it made with the European Union…
On the electricity front, Kyrgyzstan may be reaching the end of the line. Demand is growing relentlessly, and yet the hydropower resources it has relied…
As a cold winter exposes vast energy deficits, Uzbekistan has picked three companies, including one from China, to build new solar installations. The country’s renewable…
Kazakhstan’s state-owned oil and gas company is ending the year with a $330 million cash infusion after finally making its stock exchange debut, over a…
On the roads from Tajikistan’s capital, the houses all billow out dirty black smoke. With the cold gripping ever tighter, households must resort to using…
Georgia’s government says it will revive a multi-billion-dollar deep sea port project at Anaklia, on the Black Sea coast, as the country sees a steep…
Authorities in Uzbekistan have arrested a senior executive at a state-owned natural gas distribution network operator over his involvement in alleged unauthorized deliveries to a…
As temperatures plunge in Uzbekistan, fuel shortages are sending officials scrambling for short-term fixes. Videos posted online from locations across the country this week have…
Turkmenistan’s vision for a trans-Afghan gas pipeline to Pakistan and India may be given a fillip in the most convoluted of manners. With Europe steadily…
Russia’s ill-considered invasion of Ukraine is an ill wind that blows no good. Kazakhstan has nevertheless spied an opportunity in the geopolitical shift precipitated by…
A Kazakh-Chinese joint venture has made its first delivery of fuel assemblies to nuclear power stations in China, uranium giant Kazatomprom has said. The delivery…
An inaugural freight train carrying goods from Turkey’s western Mediterranean shores to the heart of Uzbekistan arrived at its destination in Tashkent over the weekend,…
China says it hopes that Kazakhstan is prepared to increase the amount of natural gas it supplies over the winter, even though the government in…
Kazakhstan’s president has asked his government to consider nationalizing “problematic” power plants after a breakdown left residents of a northern town battling the depths of…
Uzbekistan has inaugurated a new power plant that will add enough generating capacity to supply around 230,000 households, but even that will not be sufficient…
Uzbekistan has inaugurated a new power plant that will add enough generating capacity to supply around 230,000 households, but even that will not be sufficient…
Azerbaijan has begun importing gas from Russia under a deal which should enable Baku to meet its own domestic demand but which raises serious questions…
Steel giant ArcelorMittal is facing a multi-million dollar fine as Kazakh officials intensify demands for modernization in the wake of yet more fatalities at the…