The Belarusian mechanical engineering company OAO Gomselmash is getting ready to ship a batch of cotton harvesters to Cameroon. It will be the first shipment of agricultural machines to the remote African country, BelTA learned from Yuri Rafayev, Head of the Non-CIS Sales Office at Gomselmash. In his words, the Belarusian company has been able to enter the market of tropical Africa thanks to assistance of its French partner — SAS Podia Company. French businessmen have historically...

GOMEL, 9 June (BelTA) – The Zhlobin-based company Metallprofpererabotka has signed a preliminary agreement on supplying 700,000 tonnes of broken slag to Bryansk Oblast, the Russian Federation. Broken slag is a byproduct of the steel smelting process, Metallprofpererabotka Director Vitaly Kirtsitsky told BelTA. In his words, the first contract for the delivery of 30,000 tonnes of slag of six different fractions has been signed already. Slag is being shipped now. The Russian partners...

Investment documents worth over $300 million have been signed during the Gomel Economic Forum, BelTA has learned. The agreements and protocols of intent were signed by Chairman of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Vladimir Dvornik and representatives of business from China, Russia, Ukraine, Austria, Germany, and Belarus. According to the documents, several major investment projects will be implemented in the region in the near future. The projects include the construction of a crushed...

Official delegations from 13 countries will take part in the international expo Spring in Gomel that will take place in the Gomel Oblast capital city on 19-21 May, BelTA learned from Marina Filonova, Director General of the Gomel branch of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which is the organizer of the forum. As many as 110 people (twice as many as last year) will arrive in Gomel in 21 delegations from CIS and non-CIS states. They will represent state and private...

YELSK DISTRICT, 26 April (BelTA) – Belarus did right to rehabilitate the territories affected by the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said talking to journalists on 26 April, BelTA has learned. Alexander Lukashenko said that when he became President he had a serious decision to make in respect to the contaminated areas. “People were scared. I understood, however, that that was our land and we needed to revive it. We can see the...

Belarus-Russia cooperation should be continued within the framework of the Union State of Belarus and Russia for the sake of minimizing the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster. The opinion was voiced by State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Grigory Rapota at a press conference in Gomel on 12 April, BelTA has learned. According to the official, it is a very long term goal. So far not all the matters concerning the alleviation of the Chernobyl...

MINSK, 4 April (BelTA) – Plans have been made for the Gomel-based glass manufacturing company OAO Gomelglass to start making energy-effective glass by the end of H1 2016, BelTA learned from Belarusian Architecture and Construction Minister Anatoly Cherny after Gomelglass and the German company Schollglas signed a large glass export contract on 4 April. The contract provides for shipping 8.5 million m2 of glass to Poland and Germany. “The contract is worth €17 million. But in the...

GOMEL, 1 April (BelTA) – Gomel Oblast will ship the first lot of beef to China in early 2017, the press service of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee told BelTA. The document on supplying meat products was signed with Jiangsu Overseas Group Corporation when a delegation of the Gomel Oblast administration visited China. After all the necessary checks are over and all the customs formalities are done with, the first lot of beef will be delivered to Chinese consumers in early 2017, BelTA...

The Belarusian-Russian harvesters, which are produced by the joint venture Bryanskselmash, will be sold under the Desna-Polesye trademark, BelTA learned from Dmitry Mulyar, the head of the Gomselmash marketing center.

GOMEL, 14 March (BelTA) – Belarus is a calm, peaceful country populated by hospitable people. The unanimous opinion was expressed by foreign students, who study at Gomel universities, before the student meeting timed to the 55th anniversary of the Belarusian Peace Foundation, BelTA has learned.