OMV Petrom completes Kazakh exit
May 17, 2021 11:00:am
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by: Joseph Murphy
Austro-Romanian group OMV Petrom has completed the sale of its assets in Kazakhstan, the company reported on May 17, as part of a shift in its focus to.
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Impacts of Chorus fire-damaged cable widespread and significant
16 May, 2021 05:00 AM
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Chorus technicians under the Tauranga Harbour Bridge repairing a severely fire-damaged 96-fibre internet cable. Photo / George Novak
Chorus technicians under the Tauranga Harbour Bridge repairing a severely fire-damaged 96-fibre internet cable. Photo / George Novak
Just how much a major phone and internet outage across the Bay of Plenty cost the economy is yet to be determined but business and community leaders say it could be significant. On Friday Chorus 96-fibre cable was damaged in a fire under the Tauranga Harbour Bridge just before 10.30am.
It resulted in phone and broadband outages to about 3000 home and business customers across several providers.
2007 – A monument to legendary group, The Beatles, unveils at Kok Tobe in Almaty.
2011 – Discover Kazakhstan festival takes place in Deventer, the Netherlands, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence.
2012 – The IBNS names an anniversary banknote of KZT 10,000, dated to the 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence, The Banknote of the Year Award 2011.
2013 – The first graduates of the SCO University in Almaty receive diplomas.
2013 – The permanent residents of Kazakhstan and Saint Kitts and Nevis to the UN signed a joint communique in New York to establish diplomatic relations.
2019 – A bronze sculpture of well-known Kazakh film director Shaken Aimanov unveils in Almaty.
How a major Auckland eruption would reshape the city
16 May, 2021 07:30 AM
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Simulation of a volcanic eruption in the Auckland area. Video / Brandspank
Scientists have simulated how Auckland could recover from a major volcanic eruption within the city - costing industries billions of dollars and transforming entire residential areas. Auckland straddles a large volcanic field home to more than 50 volcanic centres, posing an ever-present hazard to the city s 1.6m-strong population.
While its existing volcanoes are thought unlikely to erupt again, the Auckland Volcanic Field is young and potentially active - with the potential to bring fast-moving surges of hot rock and gas, and widespread ashfall.