Balt Flot 12, tanker of Project RST2, built by Nizhny Novgorod-based Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard (United Shipbuilding Corporation) has been delivered to BF Tanker. The shipyard says the acceptance/delivery certificate was signed on July 7. Balt Flot 12 is the second tanker built for BF Tanker. The contract for construction and delivery of two tankers of…
Contest-rating “Wines of the Black Sea 2016” was held within the III Black Sea Forum of Winemaking in Sochi on June 29 – July 1, the results were announced on July 1. The competition-rating had about 200 samples of wines from 11 countries. (Techdrinks/Business World Magazine)
Uralkali, one of the world’s largest potassium producers, has announced its production results for Q2 and H1 2016. Uralkali produced 2.5 million tons of potassium chloride (KCI) in April-June and 5.1 million tons of KCl in January-June. The company’s assets consist of 5 mines and 7 ore-treatment mills situated in the towns of Berezniki and…
In May palm oil purchases by Russian companies decreased to 55 KMT compared with the previous month (60.6 KMT in April). At the same time imports increased by 12.4 KMT compared to 42.6 KMT in May 2015. During nine months of the season 2015/2016 (September-May), palm imports to Russian Federation reached 708.4 KMT. It’s safe…
In order to reach the announced plans of grain production at 120 million tons in 2020, Russian agrarians have to significantly expand the planted areas under grains, as well as increase the fleet of agricultural machinery and the application volumes of mineral fertilizers, the Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev declared. According to him, by 2020…
As of July 7, Russian agrarians continued harvesting grain and pulses. Agrarians harvested grain crops throughout the areas of 2.2 million ha (1.4 million ha in 2015), and produced 9.6 million tons of grain, with the average yield of 4.33 t/ha (5.3 million tons with the yield of 3.81 t/ha in 2015), the Ministry of…
Russia’s defense and industrial sector is developing a promising aircraft carrier for the Navy worth up to $5.6 billion, which has no analogs in the world, Northern Fleet Commander, Admiral Vladimir Korolyov said. The new aircraft carrier will enable the Russian Navy to operate more effectively, the admiral said, referring to the developments by the…