Azerbaijan: car plant groundbreaking ceremony held

A groundbreaking ceremony for construction of a joint Azerbaijani-Iranian car plant was held on August 6, in Azerbaijan’s Neftchala industrial quarter. The plant is a joint project of Azerbaijan’s AzEuroCar LLC and Iran’s giant automaker Iran Khodro. Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev and Iran’s Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh participated in…

Uzbekistan: construction of Tashkent-4 terminal to cost $336 million

The cost of the project on construction of new international passenger terminal of Tashkent Airport (Tashkent-4) will make up $336 million. Investment project “Construction of new international passenger terminal of Tashkent Airport (Tashkent-4)” is implemented in cooperation with the Republic of Korea. Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) provided a grant for development of the feasibility…

Ukraine: silos modernized and moving North-West

Despite difficult economic conditions in the grain market, in recent years Ukrainian farmers have increasingly focused attention on construction or modernization of their own storage facilities. Both rich harvests of previous years and deferred demand for construction of granaries due to unstable political and economic situation in the country contributed to this intense interest. (UkrAgroConsult/Business…

Ukraine: gravel output up in May 2016

The volume of gravel extraction increased by 3.7% YoY in May. In accordance with the State Committee of Statistics of Ukraine, the gravel extraction in the country went up by 3.7% YoY, to 5.6 million tons in May. The index increased by 3.1% MoM. The index seasonal growth was also fixed by 2.6% to 11,03…