GOMEL(BelTA) – The Belarusian harvester manufacturing company Gomselmash feels support of the state and is busy increasing its output, BelTA has learned. The company's management admitted that there had been complicated periods in the history of the company's development. “We've always felt support of the country's leadership. The head of state did not fail to pay attention to our situation in the complicated 1990s or the early 2000s. The matters of debt restructuring and more active...

GOMEL (BelTA) – The Belarusian steel mill BMZ is busy increasing the workload of the divisions that make fabricated metal products. The company intends to make and ship to customers about 30,000 tonnes of metal cord and various kinds of wire in August, BelTA has learned. The projected output is nearly one third above the figure registered in May 2020 when the global steel market demonstrated a massive decrease in demand due to the coronavirus crisis. BMZ's wire manufacturing divisions, in...

GOMEL(BelTA) – Drilling crews of the Belarusian industrial group Belorusneft built four wellbores in July, the company's press service told BelTA. The Svetlogorsk drilling department did the work. All the wells but one are over 3km deep. The exception is 2,880m deep. Going as deep as 3,118m below the surface, wellbore No.362 was built in the Rechitsa area. Built in the Marmovichskoye field deposit, wellbore No.155 is 3,480m deep. Wellbore No.9 was built in the Leteshinskoye field. It is...

ZHITKOVICHI DISTRICT(BelTA) – A pellet plant was inaugurated in the Zhitkovichi forestry enterprise in Zhitkovichi District, Gomel Oblast on 6 August, BelTA has learned. The highly sophisticated plant can make 20,000 tonnes of fuel granules (aka fuel pellets) per annum. Investments in the project have exceeded €5.1 million. The construction of the pellet plant is one of the steps meant to fulfill the head of state's instruction on fully processing timber resources in the country,...

GOMEL (BelTA) – The northern branch of the Belarusian industrial group Belorusneft has acquired a state-of-the-art drilling rig, the company’s press service told BelTA. The Belorusneft Siberia enterprise has commissioned a new-generation Russian drilling rig BU 6000/400. The rig will be used to perform services for Rosneft’s daughter enterprise – AO Sibneftegaz. The project provides for drilling two pilot boreholes 4,655 meters deep. Made by Uralmash NGO Holding, the new...

GOMEL (BelTA) – It is necessary to put together an individual program on developing agriculture in Gomel Oblast. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the relevant statement as he met with Gomel Oblast's top officials and executives on 21 July, BelTA has learned. The head of state noted that although Gomel Oblast's agricultural output has increased by several times in the last 25 years, the number of problems rivals that of Vitebsk Oblast. Aleksandr Lukashenko said he hopes Gomel...

Gomel Oblast intends to cooperate with Switzerland in overcoming consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The possibilities were discussed as Gomel Oblast Governor Gennady Solovei met with a delegation of the Switzerland-Belarus friendship association and its president Margret Kiener Nellen on 7 July, BelTA has learned. Gennady Solovei informed the delegation about the social and economic development of the region. In particular, the operation of Gomel Oblast...

GOMEL, 10 June (BelTA) – The Belarusian mechanical engineering company OAO Gomselmash exports more than 65% of the machines and vehicles it makes, the company's press service told BelTA. The company exports a total of about two thirds of the output. In addition to shipments to traditional markets of Belarus, Russia, and Kazakhstan the company intends to ship machines and vehicles to Moldova and Armenia by the end of H1 2020. Plans for the second half of the year include export shipments to...

GOMEL (BelTA) – The Gomel Oblast electric company RUP Gomelenergo intends to add ten electric cars to its vehicle fleet in 2020, the company’s Press Secretary Oksana Shaporova told BelTA. Since May 2019 Gomelenergo has bought seven electric cars, which are used for company needs. Gomelenergo electricians use the cars to provide services to customers. The electric cars have a number of advantages. Electricity is cheaper than conventional fuel. The cars need no engine oil or cooling...

 GOMEL (BelTA) – Shares owned by Gomel Oblast authorities in over 30 public joint-stock companies (OAO) are available for sale via auctions or tenders this year, representatives of the State Property Committee of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee told BelTA. Shares of 15 public joint-stock companies are available for sale via auctions. The packages vary from 10.5% to 90.8% of the charter capital. The choice includes agribusiness companies, transport companies, trade and hotel...