Belarusian oil refineries processed 11.937 million tons of crude in January-June, up by 0.5% YoY, Belneftekhim reported. In H1 Belarusian oil refineries increased output of the AI-95 petrol by 30%, kerosene – by 40%, bitumen – by 43.9%, compound fertilizers – by 52.4%, ethylene polymers – by 3.1%, truck and bus tyres – by 52.4%.…
Belarus’ revenues from export trade in oil products and potash fertilizers dropped by $1.7 billion in January-May due to low prices, Belarusian Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov said. Although Belarus increased exports in physical terms, export revenues fell by 1.1% YoY, said Kobyakov. According to him, the only way for Belarus to compensate for missing revenues…
Companies controlled by Belarus’ petrochemical industries concern Belneftekhim produced a $339 million foreign trade surplus in January-June, Belneftekhim said in a release. In physical terms, petrochemical exports remained unchanged year on year in H1 2016. In value terms, exports of chemical and petrochemical products have dropped by more than $1 billion due to the drop…
Uralkali announces the appointment of Alexander Terletsky as Uralkali Trading CEO. Prior to joining the company, Alexander Terletsky held the position of General Director of Lukoil Eurasia Petrol A.S., where he was responsible for sales and logistics of Lukoil products in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. In 1995 to 2011, he worked in senior positions at…
During his working trip to Pavlodar region, Prime Minister Karim Massimov visited Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant. The Prime Minister was informed of the course of the plant’s modernization program and a unique complex for deep processing of oil. Besides, Massimov inspected the mechanism for primary processing of oil. Pavlodar refinery modernization project is a part of…
Acron sold its subsidiary holding 50.5% shares in China’s Hongri-Acron, the Russian fertilizers company said. An investment and industrial company from Hong Kong acted as a buyer. “In line with Acron Group’s long-term development strategy, we decided to sell our stake in Hongri Acron plant in China and focus on further development of our Russian…
Azerbaijan and Iran have discussed the projects for joint production of pharmaceutical products, cars and car spare parts, said the message from Azerbaijan’s Economy Ministry. The issues were discussed during the meeting of Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev with Iran’s Minister of Communication and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi. Vaezi was on an official visit to…