The construction of the MAZ-Weichai engine factory has begun in the China-Belarus industrial park Great Stone. The joint venture established by the Belarusian automobile engineering company and the Chinese corporation Weichai is supposed to start making engines by the end of 2018. The groundbreaking ceremony took place in September 2017. Preparatory work – the development…
Belarus’ gold and foreign exchange reserves totaled $6.99 billion as of April 1, the Information and PR Department of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) reported. According to the preliminary data, Belarus’ gold and foreign exchange reserves totaled $6.994 billion (in equivalent) as of April 1. In March the country’s gold and…
BelAZ, the managing company of BelAZ holding company, increased its exports by 80% YoY in Q1, the company reported. In January-March the company exported about 96% of its products. The company sold to 24 countries. Russia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan made up the top three customers of the Belarusian factory. BelAZ increased supplies to Russia by…
Eight houses with electric heating are currently designed in Belarus, Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Kalinin declared after the opening of the Water and Heating exhibition on April 3. “Designs are currently developed for eight houses where electric energy will be used as a source of heat. These are the first steps and I think that…
Plans have been made to build homes for over 7,000 families with many kids in Belarus in 2018, Alexander Gorval, Head of the Housing Policy Office of the Belarusian Architecture and Construction Ministry, declared. The official said there were some 30,500 large families on the housing register in early 2017. The figure rose to 34,800…
About 7,000 people are employed at the construction site of the Belarusian nuclear power plant at present, Press Secretary of the Belarusian Energy Ministry Zhanna Zenkevich said during a media tour of the nuclear power plant for Belarusian and Russian reporters on March 28. As many as 41 subcontractors, including 23 Belarusian ones and 18…
Rail freight traffic between Belarus and Lithuania went up by 15% in 2017, the press service of Belarusian Railways reported. Head of Belarusian Railways Vladimir Morozov and director general of Lithuanian Railways Mantas Bartuska held talks in Minsk. “The sides discussed Belarus-Lithuania rail freight traffic in 2017 and ways to boost it in 2018. Last…