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…

Uzbekistan: Tarraqiyot street to be launched in August

Reconstruction of overpass, passing Tarraqiyot street, will be completed soon in Tashkent, Uzbekistan Temir Yollari (Uzbekistan Railways) said in a statement. The company said that soon new overpass would be commissioned for exploitation. Uzbek company underlined that reconstruction of the road overpass, passing Taraqqiyot street, would be completed soon and the movement would be opened…

Azerbaijan plans to start laying rail lines to border with Iran

Azerbaijan Railways CJSC plans to start laying rail lines in mid-August within construction of a railway section from Azerbaijan’s Astara station to the border with Iran as part of the North-South transportation corridor, Nadir Azmammadov, spokesperson for Azerbaijan Railways, said. The North-South transportation corridor is meant to connect northern Europe with South-Eastern Asia. It will…