Research and Markets: Kazakhstan Infrastructure Report Q1 2012: Featuring Five-Year Industry Forecasts

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b69e59/kazakhstan_infrast) has announced the addition of the "Kazakhstan Infrastructure Report Q1 2012" report to their offering.

Kazakhstan's construction industry remains buoyant this quarter, with year-on-year (y-o-y) growth expected to come in at 6.0% for 2012 as a whole. This pace will be maintained over the forecast period, with average y-o-y growth of 6.4% from 2012-2021. Demand will be driven by Kazakhstan's location as a central Asian hub, its robust oil sector and numerous pipeline projects. The country is expected to generate construction industry value of US$15.2bn for 2012.

Business Monitor International's Kazakhstan Infrastructure Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, infrastructure associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Kazakhstan's infrastructure industry.

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• Independent five-year Infrastructure industry forecasts for Kazakhstan.
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Key developments include:

• A joint venture between South Korean trading and construction company Samsung C&T, state-run Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) and Kazakhstan is likely to begin the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Balkhash as early as 2013.
• The Kazakhstan government has allocated US$1.2bn for an international road corridor reconstruction project.
• The Chinese and Kazakh governments have signed an agreement to construct the 1,305km Kazakh section of Pipeline C, which will start in Turkmenistan and cut through Uzbekistan, according to China's state-run China National Petroleum (CNPC).

BMI sees three main risks to Kazakhstan's social and political stability. In the short-term, the ongoing industrial dispute between the state-owned oil company Kazmunaigas and workers in the west of the country could negatively impact social stability. Over the long-term, BMI continues to see risks from a recent uptick in terrorist attacks, and reiterate its long-held concern regarding the lack of an heir apparent for the ageing President, Nursultan Nazarbayev.

While a deteriorating global macro economy has prompted us to revise down BMI's 2012 growth forecast for Kazakhstan from 6.9% to 6.0%, growth is nonetheless expected to remain well supported, as a result of strong export revenues and the government's healthy fiscal ammunition.

Companies Mentioned:

• KazMunaiGaz (KMG)

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