Astana & Moscow - Russia's Federal Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom) and Kazakhstan's uranium producer Kazatomprom signed a memorandum of intent to cooperate in the production and sales of rare earth metals on Wednesday. "The international rare earth metals price has increased greatly and all forecasts say it will rise further, while demand for these metals will only grow. Our estimates show there are good opportunities to take rather an influential share on the rare earth metals market," said Sergei Kiriyenko, head of Russia's Federal Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom). Also, Kazakhstan is in talks with Russia on nuclear plant construction. Kazakhstani and Russian officials have agreed to build a nuclear power plant near Aktau. The first of two units is scheduled to go online in 2016, according to officials of state-owned Kazatomprom.
Meanwhile, Majilis(Kazakh parliament's lower house) deputies approved the draft Law "On ratification of Agreement on the organization, management, operation and development of common oil and oil products market for Republic of Belarus, Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation." "The goal of the agreement is to establish major principles and events aimed at forming common oil and oil products markets among the participants in the common economic space, as well as developing competition on these markets," Sauat Mynbayev, the Kazakh minister for oil and gas, told parliamentarians on Wednesday. This agreement, signed in Moscow in December 2010, stipulates unlimited oil and oil products supplies to member countries and the absence of export duties, he added. The document has yet to be ratified by the Kazakh parliament's upper house and signed by the president to come into force. In term of gas, Sauat Mynbayev said will provide a gradual increase in the price of gas sales in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan to a level comparable with gas prices in Russia. He said Kazakhstan will focus on the minimum price in Russia. "However, the economy of the future Beyneu-Bozoy-Samsonovka pipeline must be taken into account in terms of the gas supply to the south, as the pipeline can not operate at a loss," he pointed out.
In an effort to save money and natural resources, Kazakhstan is looking for ways to use renewable energy sources. “About 20-30% of domestically consumed energy can be saved through the use of heat- and energy-saving technology,” Yaroslav Romanchik of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Clean Production said. Wind- and water-based solutions are considered the most viable, but problems remain that building new plants might turn out inordinately expensive for Kazakhstan.
Ashgabat — Turkmenistan is deciding where best to sell its abundant natural gas. “Our uncertainty about Russia as a partner caused Turkmenistan to look around,” a Turkmengaz company analyst, who spoke under the condition his name would not be used. “Also, if Turkmenistan can sell gas in much larger quantities, why not do so?” The West is under consideration to become a customer. However, Turkmenistan has not yet admitted Western companies to its gas fields, Azerbaijan Oil Research Centre head Ilkham Shaban said. “Ashgabat has made an exception only for China’s CNPC (China National Petroleum Corporation) and some Asian companies, but with time it has felt economic pressure from them. . Turkmen officials don’t want changes in domestic life.” China has made inroads in that respect, but it offers a broader market, a Turkmengaz company analyst, requesting anonymity, said. On Thursday, China National Petroleum Corporation has announced a tender for the provision of the basic design of the system of collection and transportation of gas in four fields in Block "B" in the Contract Area Bagtyyarlyk Lebap province of Turkmenistan.
Dushanbe - American Research Center Gallup published the rating of the most pro-Russian countries. According to the results of the study in Tajikistan, 94% of the inhabitants of the republic hold positive view of current policies carried out by Russian leaders, characterizing it as effective. Only 2% of the citizens of Tajikistan does not agree with this view. According to the polls, 71% of Tajik citizens support the policy of the Chinese leadership, 47% - Germany, 44% - Japanese 39% - 34% France - Great Britain. Meanwhile, year after year the confidence of Tajiks to the U.S. administration is increasing. In 2010 the number of pro-American people in the country reached 47% from 2008's 30%.
On the first places in this ranking is also Kyrgyzstan and Mali, 84% of citizens who trust the leadership of Russia. The most negative attitudes toward Russia are held by the citizens of Georgia. 76% of Georgians have strongly condemned the policy of official Moscow and only 6% rated the steps of Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin as effective. Such a low level of trust in relation to Russia was registered in another country in the world - Kosovo, where the number of pro-Russian citizens do not exceed 7%.
Articles referred to in this post:
"Россия и Казахстан будут сотрудничать в производстве редкоземельных металлов" (Russia, Kazakhstan team up to produce rare earth metals)
"Казахстан планирует построить собственную атомную электростанцию вместе с Россией" (Kazakhstan to build nuclear power plant with Russia)
"Казахстан построит АЭС" (Kazakhstan to build nuclear power plant)
"Мажилис одобрил ратификацию соглашения о развитии общих рынков нефти Беларуси, Казахстана и России" (Majilis approved ratification of the agreement on the development of common oil market in Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia)
"Казахстан к 2015 году доведет цены на газ на внутреннем рынке до уровня российских" (Kazakhstan will bring domestic gas prices to Russian level by 2015)
"Казахстан осваивает возобновляемую энергию" (Kazakhstan moves toward renewable energy)
"Туркменистан определяет газовые маршруты" (Turkmenistan considers gas export routes)
"Туркменский газ может найти выход в Китай" (Turkmen gas could find Chinese outlet)
"Китайская CNPC объявила тендер на освоение газовых месторождений в Туркмении" (China's CNPC announced a tender for development of gas fields in Turkmenistan)
"Американский центр Gallup: Таджикистан - самая пророссийски настроенная страна мира (Gallup: Tajikistan - the most pro-Russia country in the world)
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