GOMEL, June 23 (BelTA) – Gomselmash will supply a production lot of seven grain harvesters to the European Union countries, BelTA learnt from head of the overseas sales department of the company Igor Korotkevich. The customers have already received the first three harvesters of this lot. Polesye GS812 and Polesye GS12 machines that can harvest up to 70 centners per hectare were shipped to the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The maintenance of these machines will be provided by an official...

GOMEL, June 22 (BelTA) – On June 22, the Gomel oblast executive committee hosted a session on expanding dairy exports. Partaking in the meeting were representatives of the processing companies of the Poltava oblast. The session considered a set of issues necessary for setting up joint Belarusian-Ukrainian ventures, BelTA informs. “We are going to develop our cooperation with the dairies of the Poltava oblast through a several-stage plan,” said Valentin Bobok, chairman of the...

MINSK, June 21 (BelTA) –Gomselmash is conducting tests of PALESSE BS624 – the first in the CIS root combine, BelTA learnt from the company. The tests are expected to be finished this year. After this, Gomselmash will start mass production of the new root combine. The root combine, equipped with 430-power engine, uses one-phase technology to harvest beet. PALESSE BS624 has been showcased at Belagro 2009 Exhibition recently. Not only domestic agricultural producers but representatives of...

Belarus Gomelavia and Kaliningrad KD avia airlines have signed interline and special prorate agreements, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Russian airline. Now the passengers of KD avia from Astana, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Omsk, Samara, Ufa, Chelyabinsk, Perm, Rostov-on-Don will be able to fly to the Belarusian oblast centres through Kaliningrad. In turn, Belarusian passengers will be offered seamless travel to the regional centres of Russia. БЕЛТА

GOMEL, June 19 (BelTA) – The charity action Packing the Schoolbag has begun in the Gomel oblast to end on October 31, BelTA learnt from Larisa Mezhevich, director of the Gomel oblast department of the national public association Belarusian Children’s Fund. The action is supposed to aid orphans, children deprived of parental care, disabled children, and children from low-income families to get ready for the new academic years. During this period they will have the necessary stationery,...

GOMEL, June 18 (BelTA) – The first oil has been extracted from a well at the oil deposit Geologicheskoye. Located at the border of the Rechitsa and Svetlogorsk regions, the Geologicheskoye was discovered last year, BelTA learnt from Belorusneft’s press service. BelTA reported earlier, at the end of 2008 a new oil deposit named as Geologicheskoye was found in the Gomel oblast. When exploring a productive strata 4,400-4,500 metres deep in the well Pribortovaya-1 an influx of high-gravity...

GOMEL, June 17 (BelTA) – The Belarusian oil company Belorusneft is expanding its operation in Iran. Several days ago a team of specialists started examining oil deposits in the Iranian province Khuzistan where most of the country’s oil is believed to be, Belorusneft’s press service told BelTA. With experience of working in the same area in Belarus and Venezuela, the Belarusian specialists were dispatched to Khuzistan to provide seismic exploration services in line with the contract...

GOMEL, June 16 (BelTA) – The companies of the Gomel oblast should prompt up the certification of their products in compliance with the EU standards, chairman of the oblast executive committee Alexander Yakobson ordered during an operational session on June 16. According to Director General of the Gomelmyasomolprom Company Nikolai Teplyakov, the European partners have already offered assistance in advancing Belarusian dairy products to the non-CIS countries. “Besides, we also hope for the...

GOMEL, June 12 (BelTA) – Mozyr Oil Refinery is working at full load in June, BelTA learnt from the enterprise. The company refines 31,500 tonnes of oil per day. This production volume will be maintained till the end of the month which will enable to process 950,000 tonnes of oil. The oil will be supplied via main pipelines (914,000 tonnes) and by train (at least 60,000 tonnes). About 430,000 tonnes will be purchased for own needs of the enterprise. In May the company operated at full...

GOMEL, June 9 (BelTA) – Gomselmash expands cooperation with companies of Tatarstan (Russian Federation) to develop the joint production of agricultural machinery, BelTA learnt from Vasily Kozlov, deputy director of the sales department of the Gomselmash Company. In spring 2008, the Tatelectromash Company (Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan) started to assemble combine harvesters Palesse GS812 using Belarusian vehicle sets. As of today, Tatelectromash has assembled 30 combine harvesters....