The Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture will open at a new permanent home in the 1964 Tselinny cinema, formerly the largest Soviet cinema in Central Asia, in a project overseen…

French rail engineer Alstom has signed a contract to deliver 117 freight locomotives to Kazakhstan. The agreement, announced on Monday, is part of Kazakhstan’s goal of modernising its transport networks,…

The Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan has voted “yes” in a referendum on whether or not to build a nuclear power plant, the Kazinform news agency reports. Kazakhs went to…

Chinese companies plan to invest around $600m building a meat farming hub in Kazakhstan, Azernews reports. Kazakhstan’s agriculture minister Aidarbek Saparov reached the agreement with executives from Chinese companies CITIC…

Businesses attending yesterday’s Kazakh–Chinese Business Council meeting in Astana signed some 40 deals worth a total of $3.7bn, news agency Kazinform reports. The event attracted around 500 representatives, including more…

Central Asia’s first 3D-printed house has been completed in Almaty, southern Kazakhstan. The 100 sq m building is made from extra-strong concrete that will able to withstand earthquakes measuring up…

Kazakhstan has broken ground on its third rail link with China. The 272km line will connect the eastern city of Ayagoz to the town of Bakhty on the border with…

Kazakhstan Railway (Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, or KTZ) began work this week on a rail bypass around the commercial capital of Almaty. It will run between the towns of Zhetygen and…

The Central Asian state of Kazakhstan is planning to hold a referendum to decide whether to build its first nuclear power plant, Caspian News reports. The announcement was made by…

New York-listed construction consultancy Hill International has won a contract to help convert a combined heat and power plant in Almaty, Kazakhstan, so it burns gas instead of coal. The…