E.ON Connecting Energies LLC (ECE) – a joint venture of Unipro PJSC and E.ON Connecting Energies GmbH – launched an 800 kW combined heat and power plant (CHP) at the METRO shopping centre in Nizhny Novgorod. The CHP will heat the store and meet a portion of its electricity needs. The ECE experts developed a…
As of September 1, cargo traffic within the Azov-Don Basin of Russia’s inland water ways climbed by 4% YoY, to 6,207,000 tons, says the Administration of Azov-Don Basin. In the reported period, transportation of heavy fuel oil fell by 8.8%, to 1,954,000 tons, that of sulfur went up by 19% to 1,002,000 tons, of diesel…
Bridgestone Corp. plans to launch a 12.5 billion ruble tire plant in the city of Ulyanovsk in September, the government of the region said in a report. “Bridgestone’s first Russian and CIS tire plant will be launched on September 13, on the territory of industrial park Zavolzhye in Ulyanovsk. Deliveries of the produced goods, radial…
Agrarians of Belarus started the mass planting campaign of winter grains, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus declared. As of the reporting date, all regions of the country planted grains throughout the areas of 93 thousand ha, or 6.9% of the plan. The general planned areas for winter crops planting…
Armenia has banned imports of pigs and pork from Ukraine, the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation reports. “The ban on imports implied to pigs and pork, as well as the whole genetic materials of livestock: bristles, intestinal materials, leather, various raw materials, and pork products as well as hunting trophies”, reads the report. In addition, Armenia imposed…
Traders are not glad with prices in the new season. World grain production continues to set new records, and puts pressure on prices. CBOT wheat futures fell to a ten-year low affecting the Black Sea export prices. Compared with early September 2015, grain prices lost no less than $10/MT. Given that Ukraine exports more than…
According to official statistics, in July Ukrainian barley exports rose by 19% YoY. In July Ukraine exported about 1011.6 KMT against 848 KMT in July 2015. More than half of the exported barley was shipped to Saudi Arabia. Large share of barley was exported to Libya (148.3 KMT) and China (90.2 KMT). Peculiar in the…