The companies in December 2014 had said they will jointly carry out the construction of a coal power plant in Kazakhstan. On Thursday, Samsung C&T and Samsung Engineering said in separate regulatory filings the order has been cancelled as of Wednesday.

Samsung C&T said in another regulatory filing it exercised a put option for its stake in Balkhash Thermal Power Plant Joint Stock Company, the entity that placed the construction order to the Samsung companies, to Samruk Energy for $192.5 million.

(Reporting by Se Young Lee; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)