GOMEL, 20 January (BelTA) – The Belarusian harvester manufacturer Gomselmash and AgromashHolding KZ of Kazakhstan plan to expand the line-up of agricultural vehicles produced in Kazakhstan, BelTA learned from the Gomselmash website. Kazakhstan's largest agricultural machinery company, AgromashHolding KZ posted a 1.7-increase in the output in 2020. The company produced 429 grain harvesters and tractors in 2019 and 730 units in 2020. “In addition to the ESSIL harvesters, which have already...

GOMEL, 6 January (BelTA) – The first batch of metal products the Belarusian steel mill BMZ exported on 1 January 2021 will be delivered to Spain, BelTA has learned. A customer in Biscay Province, Spain will receive a batch of rolled metal products, which are intended for automobile engineering industry. This year’s first export batch of BMZ products was made in section rolling mill No.2. This division also shipped a batch of rebars to Israel in the first few hours of the new year. As for...

 GOMEL, 22 December (BelTA) – Specialists of the Belarusian steel mill BMZ have come up with technologies to make two new kinds of brass-plated steel wire with improved strength properties for high-pressure hoses. The new types of wire have been ordered by customers from Poland and Austria, BelTA has learned. BMZ constantly works to improve the quality of existing products and expand the product lineup in order to meet exacting demands of the market. This year the company has developed...

MINSK, 18 December (BelTA) – OAO Svetlogorsk Pulp and Board Mill has made the first batch of viscose cellulose, the press service of the Belarusian timber, woodworking, pulp and paper industry concern Bellesbumprom told BelTA. According to the source, Svetlogorsk Pulp and Board Mill is getting ready for the commercial production of viscose cellulose. The first batch of this absolutely unique for Belarus product was made on 16 December. Following the commercial production launch procedure,...

GOMEL, 8 December (BelTA) – More than 600 young residents of Gomel Oblast have received assistance under the project of the Belarusian Red Cross Society “EU4Youth: fostering potential for greater employability”, member of the Council of the Republic, Chairperson of the Gomel Oblast organization of the Belarusian Red Cross Alla Smolyak told BelTA. “The project “EU4Youth: fostering potential for greater employability” was launched in Gomel Oblast in January 2019. Certain results...

GOMEL, 3 December (BelTA) – In January-October 2020 the Belarusian steel mill BMZ exported over 33,000 tonnes of products to Romania, 189% as against the same period of last year, the company’s Press Secretary Aleksandr Olesik told BelTA. BMZ shipped eight kinds of metal products to Romania. Four of them – rolled structurals, rolled steel products, seamless pipes, and bronze-plated bead wire – demonstrated growth rates varying from 19% to 190%. The increase in sales is attributed to...

GOMEL, 24 November (BelTA) – The international festival Gomel Fest 2020 has brought together 1,800 participants from four countries, BelTA learned from the ideology, culture, and youth affairs department of the Gomel City Executive Committee. The five-day festival featured contestants from Belarus, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine. The youngest participant was only two years old, the oldest were way past fifty. The competition was held online and offline. Many participants recorded their...

GOMEL, 17 November (BelTA) - The international industrial exhibition Metal-Expo 2020 in Moscow was a success for the public joint-stock company (OAO) BMZ, the Management Company of the holding company Belarusian Metallurgical Company (BMC). The company received several industry awards and reached agreements with Russian consumers for the supply of metal products in H1 2021, Aleksandr Olesik, the company's press secretary, told BelTA. The parties held a number of meetings and negotiations as...

GOMEL, 27 October (BelTA) – The 12th international karate competitions Gomel Open Cup 2020 will take place in Gomel, Belarus on 30-31 October, BelTA learned from Chairman of the Presidium of the youth public association Gomel Oblast Karate Federation Kirill Golovnya. The competitions will be held at the Gomel Oblast Olympic Athletics Center. “According to the preliminary data, athletes from all the Belarusian regions will compete for medals. It is expected that some 500 karate athletes...