The elections to the Kurultai will be the first practical stage in the implementation of the new Basic Law.

The Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Institute for Public Policy once again held a major joint expert discussion on the main topics...

At the meeting of the Council for Improving the Investment Climate chaired by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov, issues of strengthening interaction between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and international business circles were discussed. Investment opportunities in the fields of digitalization and artificial intelligence were considered.

Attention was paid to...

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Alibek Kuantyrov held a meeting with the Greek industrial group METLEN.

The parties exchanged views on Kazakhstan's investment climate and discussed promising areas of cooperation. Primary attention was paid to the country's metallurgical and industrial sectors, specifically projects in the field...

Data on over-the-counter currency transactions published by the National Bank of Kazakhstan indicate this trend. For now, the volume of transactions with the yuan remains comparatively small. In June, 45.8 million yuan was bought and 52.1 million yuan was sold on the over-the-counter market of Kazakhstan. At the same time,...

Equity is one of the key indicators of the financial stability of banks. It forms the cushion of safety that allows financial organisations to cover potential risks, expand financing of the economy, and maintain operational stability even during periods of increased volatility.

The banking sector of Kazakhstan continues to confidently strengthen...

The Analytical Centre of the Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan presents to your attention a review of lending to small business entities for the 1st quarter of 2026.

Following the results of the first quarter of 2026, the demand of small business entities for bank financing maintained positive dynamics, but its...

May reporting of banks shows that Otbasy, unlike universal players, suffers almost nothing from recent regulatory and tax changes. Following the results of five months, the specialised state bank leads in terms of loan book growth, takes second place in asset growth, and third in deposit dynamics.

Aggregate assets of the...

A loan itself can be called neither good nor bad. It is much more important to understand for what purposes it is issued and whether the borrower will be able to fulfill obligations without problems. Such an opinion was expressed by a financier, candidate of economic sciences, and expert of...

After the reduction of the base rate, the government bond market began to restructure. The yield of long-term papers declines, and this may become the first signal of a future cheapening of money in the economy, reports economist Ruslan Sultanov.

In June, the volume of trading in government securities on the...

The National Bank of Kazakhstan stated that the new mechanism for mirroring operations with the National Fund will not change the total volume of foreign currency sales on the domestic market. In a response to a request from Kursiv, the regulator explained that the innovation concerns only the procedure for...

Regulators will not yet take measures to further tighten the requirements for the debt load ratio and the debt to income ratio. The Governor of the National Bank, Timur Suleimenov, reported this during an expert meeting at the Institute for Economic Research under the Ministry of National Economy. It is...

           Average weighted rate,        Trend,       Volume,         Trend,      Best      Best

Instrument               currency      currency      th.units       th.units       bid       ask

AEDKZT_TOM                      -             -             -              -  127.6000  126.9900

CNYKZT_TOM                68.6622       -0.1636    169,132.69    +142,971.43   69.0300   68.5594

EURCNY_TOM                      -             -             -              -    7.7515    7.7968

EURKZT_TOM                 534.03         -0.13      1,041.70        +332.01    535.93    532.85

EURUSD_TOM                 1.1427       +0.0019      1,050.00      -4,157.69    1.1447    1.1420

RUBKZT_TOM                 6.1469       +0.0155  3,814,794.04  -3,330,526.39    6.1700   ...

By shares trading results on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) on July 9, 2026, the KASE Index decreased by 7.61 points (0.10%) from 7,644.18 to 7,636.57.

The first deal fixed the index at 7,644.18. During the trades the maximum value made up 7,674.54, the minimum 7,628.64.

The volume of deals in shares...

Kazakhstan reduced gas production and increased its import. In January to April of this year, the country produced 19.6 billion cubic metres of natural fuel (including associated petroleum gas), which is 11.3% less than in the same period last year.

Production of liquefied petroleum gas also decreased by 12%, to 388.6...

The truce between the United States and Iran did not last long, and the conflict resumed. Askar Ismailov, Director of the analytical company PACE Analytics, expressed an opinion on how this will reflect on Kazakhstan.

According to the interlocutor, against the background of the recent escalation of the conflict, Brent prices...

The Atyrau Oil Refinery is completing scheduled preventive maintenance 1.5 days ahead of schedule. For the first half of the year, the enterprise refined more than 2.8 million tonnes of oil and set a record for refining depth, the press service of KazMunayGas reported.

During the maintenance, specialists checked 20 reactors,...

As of 8 July, the cost of the main export grade of Kazakh oil, CPC Blend, amounted to 77.93 dollars per barrel, the OilPrice.com portal reports. For comparison, the price of benchmark Brent oil reached 78.39 dollars per barrel. Thus, the difference between the two grades is only 46 cents.

According...

The case connected with investments in the Sarybulak field in the East Kazakhstan region caused a serious dispute between citizens of China and Kazakhstan.

Chinese investors, trusting a local company, worked for a year on the exploration of non-existent oil in the East Kazakhstan region. However, the drilling licences of the...

Ukraine’s “kinetic sanctions” (drone and missile strikes targeting Russia’s oil and gas sector, including oil refineries) finally forced the Kremlin to acknowledge that these relentless attacks are causing gasoline shortages at a time when domestic demand is peaking due to the summer vacation season. On June 28, President Putin for...

A fuel crisis is gaining momentum in Russia. Askar Ismailov, Director of the analytical company PACE Analytics, expressed an opinion on how the shortage of fuel and lubricants in the neighbouring country will reflect on Kazakhstan. According to him, while there is a ban on the export of petroleum products...

The United States Court of International Trade issued a conclusion and order on the need to review the decision made in 2025 by the United States Department of Commerce.

Earlier, the United States, following the results of an anti-dumping investigation on ferrosilicon, which was supplied to the market of this country...

The railway engineering holding Railways Systems KZ, owned by the Pavlinger family, plans to expand the production of raw materials, iron and steel. The company will invest 1.7 trillion tenge in a metallurgical plant and a direct reduction iron complex.

The railway holding Railways Systems KZ, consisting of eight plants and...

How digital solutions are applied for the safe work of miners was demonstrated by Qarmet specialists at the XVI International Industrial Exhibition INNOPROM-2026 in Yekaterinburg, where representatives of more than 50 states gathered.

Positioning and video telematics systems are installed at all coal mines of the company in Kazakhstan. They help...

The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan declared its readiness for constructive cooperation with investors on projects for the construction of waste-to-energy plants in the regions, the press service of the department reported.

The Ministry of Ecology recalled that in 2025, investment agreements were concluded for the construction of...

Funds will be directed to complete the repair of a heating main that ensures heat supply to more than 30 thousand residents of Petropavlovsk, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers reported.

By a decree of the government, around 650 million tenge was allocated from the reserve to complete the...

Kazakhstan’s employed population could increase by 1.9 million people by 2040, offering the country a significant demographic advantage, but harnessing that potential will depend on its ability to create more high-productivity jobs, according to preliminary findings from a labor market study by the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD)....

Bread is the key to life, and for Kazakhs, especially for the most socially vulnerable, bread plays a social and even political role. At stake is tin wheat bread made from first-grade flour, included in the list of socially significant food products. Socially significant food products represent basic food items...

Kazakh agriculture ran a path from the virgin lands campaign to digital farms, where fields are already controlled by satellites, sensors, and agricultural drones.

The history of the agrarian sector of Kazakhstan has always been connected with scale. Large pastures, grain regions, livestock breeding, droughts, labour on the land, and constant...

The company Sultan-Elevator-Mill-and-Pasta Complex received 1.06 billion tenge of profit following the results of 2025, compared to 2.46 billion tenge in 2024, the financial statements of the organisation report. Retained earnings of the company at the end of 2025 amounted to 10.1 billion tenge.

The famous Sultan complex for the production...

In the coming weekend, the international gastrofestival BaiQymyz-2026, dedicated to national traditions, culture, and Kazakh cuisine, will take place in Astana. The event will begin at 09:00 and end at 22:00, offering a rich programme for all ages. Over the course of two days, a rich programme awaits guests, combining...

The Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan presented a draft budget for 2026 to 2028, according to which it is planned to direct 1.98 trillion tenge to the development of the transport industry. In 2026 alone, the department expects to receive 868.3 billion tenge. The main funds will go to the...

The Kazakh Association of Minority Shareholders (QAMS) proposed that the management of Air Astana think about changing its foreign exchange. According to the association, the trading volumes of global depositary receipts of the airline on the London Stock Exchange remain too low.

In QAMS, they stated that they have not observed...

In Kazakhstan, control over the movement of petroleum products across the state border was tightened. The State Revenue Committee reported on the intermediate results of the work on 8 July 2026.

The work is aimed at thwaring the illegal export of fuel and lubricants, protecting the domestic market, and ensuring compliance...

Production of Chinese building materials and sanitary ware is planned to be launched in the Turkestan province. The Mayor, Nuralkhan Kusherov, met with the Director General of Jiangxi Zhixin Real Estate Development Co., Ltd, Mao Ting, and the Head of International Business and Overseas Industrial Investments of the Huatong International...

The political reset of Kazakhstan and the introduction of legal certainty to the issue of the single term of the highest state posts became key topics at a meeting of the Foreign Investors Council chaired by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov.

The Head of the Cabinet explained in detail to international business...

On the republican highway in the Karaganda province, they began to install smart cameras with artificial intelligence. The new system will monitor the traffic situation around the clock, automatically identify dangerous situations, and promptly transmit information to the relevant services.

The project is implemented by KazAutoJol within the framework of digitalisation of...

Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov discussed cooperation in the field of education with President of the University of Arizona Dr. Suresh Garimella. In particular, prospects for expanding joint academic programs, scientific research and technology transfer in priority sectors for Kazakhstan were considered.

The University of Arizona became...

The Astana Hub has launched MedHub HAQ, a new nonprofit infrastructure initiative designed to accelerate the development of medical artificial intelligence in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. The project was unveiled ahead of the July 11 entry into force of Kazakhstan’s new Digital Code, which introduces updated requirements for handling personal...

In Astana, military doctors, scientists, and leading specialists discussed what the military medical service should become in the coming years.

Modern methods of treating combat injuries, medical rehabilitation, sanitary safety, and training of specialists turned out to be in the centre of attention.

The conference Current Issues of Military Medicine in the...

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation was the first to warn that disruptions in the operation of refining infrastructure could worsen the prospects of the Russian economy as a whole, and not just individual industries and groups of citizens. And now the Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian...

The National Transport Company transported 67.5 million tonnes of cargo during the first half of 2026. Growth compared to the same period last year amounted to 7.2%. This is reported by the National Transport Company press service.

The main part of the transported cargo consisted of coal, at 53.2 million tonnes...

Within the framework of a new preferential leasing programme, it is planned to build around 30 vessels. The volume of its funding for the next three years will amount to more than 44 billion roubles. This was stated by the Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the...

Dividend gaps and the strengthening of the rouble drag the Russian stock market to the negative side. Only the preservation of growth in oil quotations saves it from a strong drawdown. By 14:15 Moscow time, the Moscow Exchange index declines by 0.45% to 2,210.75 points.

Geopolitics for now went to the...

The Asian Development Bank maintained the forecast for gross domestic product growth of Azerbaijan in 2026 at 2%, and in 2027 at 1.8%, says the July review Asian Development Outlook published on Wednesday on the website of the Asian Development Bank.

The assessment of gross domestic product growth for 2026 to...

On Monday, Shanghai Customs announced positive results of China's expanded zero-tariff policy for all African countries having diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China, which entered into force on 1 May.

Since entering into force, the value of imports from the 53 African countries falling under this measure exceeded 1.2...

Consumer prices (the consumer price index) in China in June grew by 1% compared to the same month of last year, it is reported in the report of the National Bureau of Statistics.

Thus, inflation slowed down compared to 1.2% in April. Analysts on average forecasted an increase of 1.1% in...

Date: July 10, 2026; Source: Bloomberg.com

Date: July 10, 2026; Source: the National Bank of Kazakhstan