Kazakhstan hikes Gas Transit Prices

    Kazakhstan said Monday it had raised the price for shipping gas to Gazprom by 27 percent.     Gazprom agreed to pay $1.40 for shipping 1,000 cubic meters of gas 100 kilometers in 2008, Kazakh gas-pipeline monopoly KazTransGaz said in an e-mailed statement. The 30-cent increase took effect Jan. 1 and will not...