As of August 1, the general production of spring grains and pulses in Russian agricultural organizations reached 33.7 million tons in bunker weight, up by 17.1% YoY, the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation (Rosstat) announced. According to the announcement, agrarians harvested grains throughout the areas of 8.8 million ha, or 29.3% of…
Argentina is considering the possibility of implementing nuclear power projects with Russia, the country’s Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra said. She also said that Russian investments in Argentinian projects could be implemented in the sphere of ports and logistics infrastructure. (Prime/Business World Magazine)
Aeroflot has received four new A321s equipped with aerodynamic wing-tips known as Sharklets. All A321 aircraft are named in honor of outstanding Russian people who contributed a lot to artistic, cultural and scientific development. VP-BAE bears the name of Sergei Bondarchuk, a Russian film director, screenwriter and actor. (Russian Aviation/Business World Magazine)
The EU countries reached the first position in the imports of Ukrainian sunflower oil, and even outranked India, due to rather significant import volumes in June. Since the beginning of 2015/2016 MY European countries purchased 1.23 million tons of sunflower oil, while India – 1.19 million tons. Also, in the current season the European Union…
The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to create PJSC Trunk Gas Pipelines of Ukraine within the management of the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry of Ukraine by September 1. The relevant provision is contained in the plan of restructuring Naftogaz Ukrainy, approved by cabinet resolution No. 496 dated July 1. Under the resolution, a proper…
Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR will additionally produce about 5,480 tons of oil per year thanks to the commissioning of three new wells, which are being drilled at offshore fields Pirallahi-deniz and Darwin Bank, as well as the Saadan onshore field, SOCAR said. The projected depth of the well #1155 at the Pirallahi-deniz field is…
It is necessary to create holding companies out of major light industry enterprises. Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Vladimir Semashko gave the relevant instructions to top officials of the Belarusian light industry concern Bellegprom, the concern’s press service reported. Vladimir Semashko took part in a session of the Bellegprom management board. In his speech he…