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MINSK, 11 March (BelTA) – The Turkish company TEYO plans to build a plant to produce soda ash in Gomel Oblast. The project was discussed at a meeting between Belarus’ Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Kalinin, Gomel Oblast Governor Vladimir Dvornik and executives of the Turkish company, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Government.

The meeting took place during Anatoly Kalinin’s working visit to Gomel Oblast. An agreement was reached to start the construction of a soda ash plant with the capacity of 1 million tonnes per year. The construction site will be selected and a business plan will be developed in the coming months.

Anatoly Kalinin visited a number of industrial enterprises affiliated with the Transport Ministry, the Architecture and Construction Minsitry and the Housing and Utilities Ministry to get familiar with the processing of polymer wastes and production of related goods.

A meeting at the Ekoplastservis unit of Spetskommuntrans Company focused on the participation of the Belarusian government in such environmental program as collection, separation and storage of waste plastics, their use as secondary raw materials, and the production of finished goods.

When visiting Gomel Rail Carriage Plant the Deputy Prime Minister familiarized with the repair of carriages and wagons for special purposes, production of new passenger cars in collaboration with Kryukov Railcar Plant (Ukraine), and repair of wheelsets and production of spare parts. Anatoly Kalinin criticized the enterprise for failing to pay due attention to the improvement of comfort conditions for passengers and cost reduction when modernizing passenger railcars.

When visiting the Gomel building-construction plant and OAO Gomelglass Anatoly Kalinin praised the cost reduction measures adopted by the Architecture and Construction Ministry and the regional authorities. He also lauded the project to upgrade the industrial processing of glass which final stage will be completed in the first half 2016.