Kazakhstan’s crude oil and gas condensate output fall by 3.4% year on year in January-July 2016
In July 2016 crude oil and condensate went down by 0.9% year-on-year
Power generation reaches 53.7bn kWh in January-July, up by 1.7% year on year. Gas turbine power plants with a capacity of 100,000 kW worth KZT18.6bn were commissioned in the first half of the year
Electricity tariffs went up by 5.8% year on year in August
Kazakh oil refineries supplied 73.3% of motor fuel consumed and 97.4% of diesel fuel consumed in the country. Petrol output increased by 10.6% and production of gasoils by 3.6%
The price of the most popular octane-93 petrol increased by 16.4% year on year to KZT125 per litre in July. The price of summer diesel increased by 3.3% year on year to KZT99 per litre
Output of unrefined and semi-refined gold increased by 21.5% year on year, that of refined gold by 16.5%
Jewellery prices jump by 20.1% year on year on average in Kazakhstan, by 50% in Astana
Production of equipment for the oil and gas sector increases by 82.5% year on year in January-July 2016
The sector is boosted by key projects such as the launch of oil production at the Kashagan field expected in the fourth quarter of this year
The consumer inflation continues to rise, reaching 17.7% in July. Non-food prices grow by 27.8% year-on-year, food prices by 15.9% and services by 10.3%
In July industrial production prices went up by 24.8% year-on-year
The production of metal products has resumed the positive trend. The annual growth in production stood at 37.7% in monetary terms in 1H2016
Karaganda Region leads in terms of output, Mangistau Region in terms of growth
Hotel rates increase by 11.1% year on year in June 2016, health resorts by 11.5%
The number of hotels, rest homes and other facilities to accommodate tourists increased by 12.7% in the past year
Nearly two-thirds of universities and over 40% of colleges in Kazakhstan are private
The number of universities increased by one to 127 and that of vocational colleges by 12 to 780 in the past year