Saturday, May 18, 2024
Exploitation of four new diamond fields in Russia’s Arkhangelsk Region will begin in 2018, with exploring companies set to cover all the expenses, the press service of the regional Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry told TASS on Tuesday. "We have four new areas for diamond exploration: Yuzhno-Verkhotinsky, Razlomnyi, Torfyanoy, and...
Two countries from which Iran imports steel products, Russia and Kazakhstan, have cut back sales of hot-rolled steel coils to Tehran in part because of new U.S. sanctions on Tehran, steel traders told Reuters. This shows that, despite protests from the Kremlin that unilateral U.S. sanctions should not affect Russian...
The front-end engineering design of the domestic supersonic passenger jet can take anywhere from 2022 to 2026, followed by its detail design. The United Aviation Corporation (UAC) will deal with these activities, the Russian Ministry of Industry said on Thursday, according to Interfax. The terms of reference for the demonstrator...
Russia’s industrial output shrank 6.6% in April, the first full month of a lockdown due to COVID-19, driven by a drop in the manufacturing sector, data showed on Thursday. April’s slump in output was not as severe as the 10% decrease analysts polled by Reuters had expected. Russia’s economic indicators are...
Russia has begun building a prototype of its first stealth bomber which should be completed next year, the state-controlled TASS news agency reported on Tuesday, citing two sources in the military-industrial complex. When completed and operational, the new plane will be able to carry an array of advanced missiles and...
The State Research Center for Virology and Biotechnology Vector of Rospotrebnadzor has received an updated registration certificate for the EpiVacCorona vaccine, now it can be produced in the form of syringe doses. This was reported to reporters on Tuesday at the scientific center. The manufacturer said that along with the...
GM Uzbekistan, а joint venture between U.S. automaker General Motors and local company Uzavtosanoat, continues negotiations on the creation of an assembly plant in Russia, Trend news agency reports. Jahongir Tillaev, director of sales and service for GM-Uzbekistan, was quoted as saying the move would benefit both the company and...
Russia’s Military-Industrial Company (VPK) will develop a new multipurpose car, based on the Strela armored vehicle, for the Ministry of Defense, VPK CEO Alexander Krasovitsky told TASS Thursday. "The Strela car line is being developed in compliance with the Defense Ministry research and development work. Currently, the line includes six...
Australian companies have been facing difficulties with supplying coal to China, since clearing times through Chinese customs have sharply increased, Vedomosti reports, adding that Russia is one of the possible alternatives sources of the commodity. China is the world’s main coal consumer and the largest importer (about 19% of world...
Russian companies are building a fleet of five LK-60 icebreakers to keep waters open for the quickly growing Russian Arctic shipping, Port News reported. A fourth and fifth vessel of the powerful LK60 class (project 22220) are needed for support of vessels shuttling to the major coal project in Taymyr...