Arterium Corporation (Kyiv) has acquired Marifarm pharmaceutical company (Maribor, Slovenia) from Slovenian bank Nova KBM (NKBM). The bank has not disclosed the amount of the transaction. According to unofficial information from Maribor’s local edition Vecer, it is estimated at 6.8 million euro. Arterium and Marifarm intend to jointly explore new possibilities of development of pharmaceutical…
Global oil demand growth is slowing at a faster pace than initially predicted, and supply will continue to outpace demand at least through the first half of next year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a report. “Our forecast in this month’s Report suggests that this supply-demand dynamics may not change significantly in the…
The Star oil refinery in Turkey owned by the Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR plans to complete construction of the oil receiving marine terminal before late 2016, Director General of the refinery Ibrahim Palaz said. “All the major work concerning the terminal will be completed until the end of 2016”, Palaz said. “The two other…
Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR has suspended the project for construction of a cogeneration plant – Petkojen – in Turkey due to technical reasons, Anar Mammadov, head of Turkish petrochemical complex Petkim, reported. The plant was meant to provide Petkim and Star refinery with electricity as well as ensure the sale of electricity to Izmir’s…
The Belarusian Potash Company (BPC) shipped 1.1 million tons of potash fertilizers to foreign customers in August, a BPC representative reported. All in all, BPC exported 5.8 million tons of potash (gross weight) in January-August. The BPC says the global potash fertilizer market is gradually getting back to normal on reports about new contracts made…
The capacity of Belarus’ automobile tire market is likely to reduce slightly in 2016, Belarus’ tire manufacturer Belshina said in a statement. Belarus’ tire market grew to 1.4 million units in H1 2016, including passenger car tires – 67.3% (down by 2,7% since early 2016), truck tires – 16.5% (up by 1.5%), farming machinery tires…
To complete its production upgrade program in 2016-2020, Belarus’ Mozyr NPZ (Gomel region) oil refinery will need $1 billion, while Naftan oil refinery (Vitebsk region) is short of $426 million, a source in the profile ministry reported. Belarusian oil refineries are challenged to keep upgrading their facilities in order to increase their oil conversion ratio…