By late June OAO Mozyr Oil Refinery plans to use the alkylation plant to manufacture the first products, company representatives told BelTA. Company specialists said, all installation works for the new plant had been completed and the equipment is being switched to the operational mode. “Three out of four alkylation sections are already operational, working routines are being tuned. Launch operations have begun for the fourth section,” said the source. The new equipment will be used to...

The specialists of Belgeologiya Company will evaluate the potential of geothermal energy in the Gomel oblast, BelTA learnt from Yaroslav Gribik, the chief oil and gas geologist. Two old wells, Borisovskaya #504 and Berezinskaya #1, are set to be restored for detailed research of an opportunity to use underground water energy in the Gomel region. “These two objects will help receive full information about the temperature of geothermal water at different levels,” the interlocutor said....

In January-May 2008, the export of the Gomel-based production corporation Gomselmash made up $150 million that significantly exceeds the total export deliveries in 2006-2007, BelTA learnt from Vladimir Frolov, the director of the marketing-center of the company. According to him, this year the Gomel-produced combine harvesters are in popular demand among Russian and Ukrainian agricultural producers. For instance, since the beginning of the year just Ukraine has bought more than 400 various...

The Kostanai Diesel Plant of Agromashholding Company assembled the first consignment of fodder harvesters KSC-740 Esil from the harvester sets of the production association Gomselmash. The Belarusian specialists took part in the assembling process, BelTA learnt from Igor Korotkevich, the head of the Gomselmash sales department. According to him, the harvesters were assembled in line with the license agreement providing the use of a considerable part of local units and mechanisms. Such...

In 2009 the international festival “Source of Slavic Friendship” will be held in the Gomel oblast, BelTA learned from the Gomel oblast palace of children’s art “Yunost”. This year the festival of students from the Gomel oblast (Belarus), Bryansk (Russia) and Chernigov regions (Ukraine) was held from May 30 to June 1 in the Bryansk region and attended more than 150 participants from the three countries. The three-day festival featured numerous concerts of children’s artistic...

The international festival of schoolchildren from the Gomel oblast, the Bryansk and Chernigov regions “Well of Slavonic friendship” will be held in the Bryansk region on May 30-June 1, BelTA learnt from the Gomel oblast palace of children and youth. The solemn opening ceremony of this event will take place at the Friendship Monument on the border between Belarus, Russia and Ukraine on May 30. The festival will be proceeded with the concert given by children and youth from the three...

The Gomel Oblast Council of Deputies and the Murmansk Oblast Duma signed an agreement on cooperation on May 28. The document was inked during an official visit of a delegation of the Murmansk deputies to the Gomel oblast. The agreement envisages development of the interregional relations, business contacts in the trade and economic, investment areas, cooperation in the social sector. The sides agreed upon exchanging delegations to intensify contacts and consider a plan of joint events. The...

Seven letters of intent and investment agreements worth $150 million were signed at the 5th Gomel investment forum on May 22-23, deputy chairman of the Gomel oblast executive committee Boleslav Pirshtuk told BelTA. Attending the event were 37 delegations from 21 countries. Foreign guests (150 people) praised the level of preparation of the event. Although the detailed analysis of the main economic event is in store, it is obvious now the results of the work are positive, Boleslav Pirshtuk...

The Murmansk oblast of the Russian Federation intends to develop economic and socio-cultural ties with the Gomel oblast of Belarus, Chairman of the Murmansk Oblast Duma Evgeny Nikora told reporters in Gomel on May 27. According to Evgeny Nikora, the Russian region is interested in Belarus’ experience in innovation development of the national economy and the social sphere. “We would like to study this positive experience and, possibly, to introduce it in our region,” he added....

The representative office of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to Belarus and the Interior Ministry of Belarus will hold a seminar “Cooperation between governmental, international and public organizations in prevention of human trafficking” on May 28-29. The seminar is organized within the framework of the project on international technical aid “Prevention of human trafficking: Republic of Belarus” which is implemented jointly with the Interior Ministry of Belarus,...