The company's purchases in Kazakhstan are tiny compared to its global operations; it bought 1,500 tons in 2009, compared to its global total of 400,000 tons.
The company also acknowledged that it was reviewing its global operations, and had already spent nearly $100 million on its internal investigation.
The board of Alitalia hinted in late November that it might drop international flights, saying that it could not sustain its global operations without major changes.
Operating income at both divisions fell by 30% in the past quarter.America's UPS agreed to pay $6.8 billion for TNT Express, a rival logistics company based in the Netherlands, as it seeks to extend its global operations.
Starbucks has unveiled a reorganisation of its global operations, as it moves ahead with plans to raise half of its revenues from outside the US.
Siemens, the German industrial company that competes with General Electric, said on Sunday that it was cutting about 15,000 jobs across its global operations, including 5,000 in Germany, as it seeks to raise its profitability.
The Archer Daniels Midland Company has bid $2.76 billion for an Australian rival, GrainCorp, as it seeks to bulk up its global operations.
AB InBev, the world's largest brewer, is a stable business that, thanks to cost-cutting as it integrates Anheuser-Busch into its global operations, is likely to grow steadily for the next few years.
The company has stumbled over the past year, but it is working on better managing its global operations while modernizing its fleet and building up its deepwater construction capabilities.
The Canadian firm announced in July it was cutting about 1,800 jobs across its global operations.
Google has already announced that it will reach 100percentt renewable energy for its global operations this year ― including both data centers and offices.
