Prime Minister assigned to control retail prices for coal and mineral oil
The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, assigned at the selector government meeting the chairman of Agency for Competition Protection, Mazhit Esenbaev, and akims of the regions to control the retail prices for coal and mineral oil, Kazakhstan Today agency reports.
Coal ministry will have powers to overrule the proposed independent coal regulator that will decide price of the fuel, allot mining licences, monitor quality and adherence of rules by mining companies.