TALDYKORGAN, Kazakhstan, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- A fire at a Kazakhstan clinic for drug addicts killed at least 38 people early Sunday, officials said.

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Kazakhstan needs to consider the demands from all of its potential energy customers, including Russia and the European Union, the Kazakh premier said.

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Oil refineries in the Kazakh province of Mangistau could be completed as early as 2012, officials said following a tour of the region.

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The Kazakh government said Monday it will inject billions from its oil coffers to keep the country afloat during the global economic crisis.

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Government officials in Kazakhstan met with the top management of Russian energy giant Gazprom Neft to pursue refinement and production agreements.

China to implement joint energy projects In Kazakhstan

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The consolidation of the Kazakh energy industry proceeds apace, and what it eventually means for Western energy companies and investors is unclear.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is holding a four-day meeting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, starting Friday. While the summit will doubtless end with the usual flurry of statements emphasizing peace and prosperity for member states, the gathering will be most notable for what is absent from the declarations, a vision of what the grouping actually entails, particularly as regards energy exports.

MOSCOW, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- On Oct. 26, a Proton heavy launch vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a Central Asian republic.