Economy
Officials discussed loans and guarantees for energy and municipal projects, while many private-sector applications remain under review.
Economy
Power generation reached 91.7 billion kWh in the first nine months of 2026, 2% above a year earlier. Renewables supplied 7.8 billion kWh. The government reported new capacity and further plans, but annual energy output alone cannot tell households whether peak winter demand will be met reliably.
Economy
A three-kilometre technical water main serving businesses and municipal facilities is being rebuilt. Here is what the reported progress does and does not mean. Astana's city administration said on 8 October that a technical water main is being reconstructed along Dosmukhameduly Street, between Akzhol Street and Alash Avenue. The new line will exceed three kilometres.
Economy
Kazakhstan says heating is running in 11 regions. Semey missed the network-readiness deadline, while southern and western areas will connect on weather-based schedules. Here is what residents should watch as the heating season begins.
Economy
The government reports 99% readiness of heating networks and says heat is already flowing in five regions. Plants hold 4.9 million tonnes of coal and 127,000 tonnes of fuel oil, but Semey has completed only 82% of its plan, showing why local gaps matter more than a national average.
Economy
By mid-July a barrel of Brent costs about $78.82 — some 19% above the pre-war level, though early in the month the price had slipped back to seventy. The Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20% of the world's oil passes, is close to shut. Why for an exporting country this is both a gift to the budget and a trap.
Economy
Everything has a price in money, but money has a price in energy. The cost of bread, metal and the internet is ultimately the cost of the energy spent. There is a treacherous quantity too: how much energy must go in to get one unit out. When oil gushed, one unit invested returned a hundred. Today resources come harder.
