Gomselmash Company will start to produce combine harvesters Polesie GS14 in 2009, First Deputy Premier of Belarus Vladimir Semashko told BelTA. Polesie GS14 produces 14 kg of grain per second and it can operate on the fields with crop yield up to 100 centner per hectare. This year Gomselmash produced a pilot lot of such machines which are being tested now in some agricultural companies of the country. According to specialists, the new Belarusian combine harvester meets the standards of...

The implementation of the programme of joint action to mitigate the consequences of the Chernobyl accident within the framework of the Belarus-Russia Union State for 2006-2010 will top the agenda of a meeting in Gomel, at National Scientific Practical Center for Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology on August 6-7, BelTA learned in the Union State Permanent Committee. Partaking in the meeting will be representatives of the Belarusian and Russian Ministries for Emergency Situations and the...

17:07:53 31/7 АНГЛ,НЕТ/ 93,САГО In H1 2008, Belarusian Steel Works (BMZ trademark) exported products at the amount of almost $922 million, or 37% up over the same period last year, BelTA learnt from acting director general of the company Vitaly Chernel. In January-June 2008, the import of the company reached $366 million. The export exceeded the import by $555.6 million. According to Vitaly Chernel, BMZ exports its products to more than 50 countries worldwide. The strategy...

In 2008 the Production Association Gomselmash will invest around $47 million in technological upgrade. In H1 2008 some $19 million was assigned for this purpose, director general of the company Valery Zhmajlik told a press conference on July 30. According to him, every year the company puts no less than $20 million into production development and technological upgrade. “This year the investment will be much higher, up to $47 million,” Valery Zhmajlik said. The company uses investment...

In H1 capital investment in the Gomel oblast was up 32% over the same period last year to more than $1 billion, deputy chairman of the Gomel oblast executive committee Boleslav Pirshtuk told a press conference on July 30. According to him, almost three fourths of investments go into manufacturing facilities. All major companies of the oblast have been pursuing investment projects. Thus, the Mozyr oil refinery has completed the construction of catalytic cracking and benzol facilities. This...

In January-June 2008, budget revenue of the Gomel oblast totaled Br1.1 trillion (55% of the annual forecast), up 10.9% on the same point last year, BelTA learnt from Tamara Sushkina, head of the financial department of the Gomel oblast executive committee. According to her, in H1 2008, the Gomel oblast budget sees successful performance. For the six months, income tax return to the local budget reached Br219.1 billion, 62.2% of the forecast. Income tax return grew 89.9%, or Br103.7 billion,...

As of the morning July 28 the agricultural companies of the Gomel oblast harvested 100,800 hectares under grain crops, which makes up 30% of the plan, BelTA learnt from Valentin Babok, the chief of the agriculture and food committee of the oblast executive committee. Some 308,000 tones of grain have been threshed; the yield averages 30.6 centners per hectare, or 7.6 centners more than last year. The leader of the oblastwide harvest campaign is the Rechitsa region that has harvested 44% of...

Schoolchildren from the Gomel oblast are taking part in the Monolit international camp located near Kursk (Russia), BelTA learnt from the Gomel branch of the BRSM Youth Union. The Belarusian delegation composed of 20 people is represented by the youth from Gomel and the Rogachev region. The camp will gather young people from different parts of Russia and Ukraine. The programme of the camp features cultural and educational events aimed at promoting a healthy lifestyle, popularizing national...

A mass grain crop harvesting campaign is under way in the southern regions of Belarus, BelTA learnt from the main plant growing department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs. According to specialists, the Gomel oblast has cropped 15.2% of the areas under grain crops, Brest oblast 6.4%. The Grodno and Minsk oblasts have harvested around 1%. The field works in the northern Vitebsk and Mogilev oblasts will start in early August. In general, the campaign has been slow as grain is still...

The Belarusian-Venezuela joint venture in seismic prospecting Sismica BeloVenesolana that was set up late last year has started exploring the seismic sections in Boyaco area in the Orinoco River basin, BelTA was told in the Belorusneft press service. Belarus-made vibroseis sources are used in prospecting. The first consignment of vibroseis sources by the Seismotekhnika company, which makes part of the Production Association Belorusneft, were delivered to Venezuela in 2007. In 2008 some five...