GOMEL, 7 May (BelTA) - Gomel Oblast of Belarus and Uzbekistan's Navoiy Region plan to develop cooperation in the IT sector, BelTA learned from the press service of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. On 6 May, the parties exchanged proposals during an online meeting between Igor Aslyuk, Chairman of the Economy Committee of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee, and Navoiy Region Vice Governor Kamoliddin Hasanov. The representatives of the regions discussed the state of the economy amid the...

GOMEL (BelTA) – In January-February 2021, enterprises of Gomel Oblast exported $745 million worth of products, which was up by almost $200 million year-on-year, Gomel Oblast Vice Governor Andrei Konyushko said during a meeting of the administration of Gomel Oblast on 27 April, BelTA has learned. “In Q1, export went up by 35% and we do not expect export to drop in Q2. We should continue increasing output and export,” Andrei Konyushko stressed. Speaking about export diversification,...

GOMEL, 14 April (BelTA) – A delegation of Belarus' Gomel Oblast will visit Bryansk Oblast of Russia on 14 April. The parties are set to discuss the ways to further cooperation in construction, agriculture, engineering and other areas, spokeswoman for the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Olga Ryabikova told BelTA. The Gomel delegation will be headed by Gomel Oblast Governor Gennady Solovey. He is scheduled to meet with Bryansk Oblast Governor Aleksandr Bogomaz to talk about the further...

GOMEL, 6 April (BelTA) – The Belarusian steel mill BMZ has started making seven new kinds of metal products since the beginning of the year. The company started offering the new products to meet requirements of customers, BelTA has learned. The new product types include new kinds of reinforcing bars, round bars, hot-rolled seamless pipes, and wire. The share of innovative products in the company’s total shipments has increased to 30% as a result. Section round bars made of C50 mod carbon...

GOMEL, 29 March (BelTA) – More than Br4 billion has been invested in the economy of Gomel Oblast in 2020, Gomel Oblast Governor Gennady Solovei said as he spoke about the region's performance in 2020 at the session of the Gomel Oblast Council of Deputies of the 28th convocation, BelTA has learned. Gennady Solovei noted that efforts to create favorable business environment encourage foreign direct investments. In 2020, Gomel Oblast attracted $230 million in foreign direct investments,...

GOMEL, 15 March (BelTA) – According to the latest data, in January-February 2021 the Belarusian steel mill BMZ exported over 9,000 tonnes of hot-rolled seamless pipes to countries of the European Union, 210% as against the same period of last year, BelTA has learned. In January-February 2021 BMZ sold hot-rolled seamless pipes to ten countries of the European Union. Italy was the top buyer. It accounted for about half of BMZ's export to the European Union. In January-February 2021 BMZ made...

GOMEL, 12 March (BelTA) – Specialists of the Gomel State Medical University and the Forest Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus have carried out a full genetic analysis and annotation of a Belarusian isolate of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The genetic data has been added to the international genetic sequence database GenBank NCBI, the university’s press service told BelTA. It was the first time results of such a research had been added to the international genetic sequence...

GOMEL, 2 March (BelTA) – The Belarusian agricultural machinery manufacturer Gomselmash intends to ship the first GS-812 forage harvester sample to Argentina in 2021. The harvester is fitted with a soya header, BelTA has learned. Argentinian farmers focus heavily on soya farming since soya beans sell well on the home market and abroad. Argentina ships soybean oil meals to many countries across the globe. The oil meals are used to feed pigs, poultry, and cattle. “We intend to expand the...

GOMEL, 24 February (BelTA) – Mozyr Oil Refinery is working to commission the heavy oil hydrocracking complex (H-Oil), BelTA has learned. Despite frosty weather the specialists have managed to keep working fast in the course of completing construction and installation work and preparing the complex for commissioning. Provided additional measures are implemented, the installation of pipelines and their preparation for trials can continue in this weather, Mozyr Oil Refinery representatives...

MINSK, 17 February (BelTA) – In 2020 Svetlogorsk Pulp and Board Mill doubled its pulp output, BelTA learned from Chairman of the Belarusian timber, woodworking, pulp and paper industry concern Bellesbumprom Mikhail Kasko on 17 February. According to the source, Svetlogorsk Pulp and Board Mill has commissioned enterprises to make bleached sulfated pulp and viscose pulp. On the whole, in 2020 the company doubled its pulp output in comparison with 2019 and became a growth driver for the entire...