LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - April 22, 2013) - Extension of exclusive right to explore the East Balkhash 2 licence area in Kazakhstan Orsu Metals Corporation ("Orsu" or the "Company"), the ...

Seen from the sky, with its turquoise waters stretching out into the desert expanses in the shape of a crescent, you can see why they call Lake Balkhash the "pearl of Kazakhstan". But pollution, ...

Seen from the sky, with its turquoise waters stretching out into the desert expanses in the shape of a crescent, you can see why they call Lake Balkhash the "pearl of Kazakhstan." But pollution, ...

TASARAL, Kazakhstan -- In the tiny fishing village of Tasaral on the western shore of Kazakhstan's Lake Balkhash, the spawning season is a time for getting other things done. Fishing is banned during ...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - March 11, 2014) - Orsu Metals Corporation ("Orsu" or the "Company"), the dual listed (OSU.TO)(OSU.L) London-based base and precious metals exploration and ...

A view of Balkhash with Kazakhmys copper smelting plant in the backgrownd. — AFP SEEN from the sky, with its turquoise waters stretching out into the desert expanses in the shape of a crescent, you ...

The demise of the Aral Sea is a tragic tale often told. Less known is the peril facing Central Asia’s largest remaining lake, Balkhash in eastern Kazakhstan, a key source of drinking water in an arid ...

Lake Balkhash in southeastern Kazakhstan is shrinking. For fishermen like Erbolgan Erbosynov, it's an existential threat. Fish are everything to him: his livelihood, his culture, and his tradition.

The UN has warned that Lake Balkhash, the second largest lake in Central Asia after the Aral Sea, could dry up, creating another major environmental crisis in the region. Forty times the size of Lake ...

Balkhash (Kazakhstan) (AFP) – Seen from the sky, with its turquoise waters stretching out into the desert expanses in the shape of a crescent, you can see why they call Lake Balkhash the "pearl of ...

One side of the Balkhash – the biggest lake in Central Asia after the Caspian Sea – has salt water, but on the other, it is fresh water. (AFP pic) Seen from the sky, with its turquoise waters ...