Vitebskoblgaz has commissioned a workshop for the production of nutrient soils and the baling of high-moor peat

July 5, Minsk /Anna Kot - BELTA/. A workshop for the production of nutrient soils and baling of high-moor peat by UP "Vitebskoblgaz" has been launched in the settlement of Kruplevshchina, Vitebsk region, BELTA was informed by the state production association "BelTopGaz".

The design capacity of the new production facility is 38 thousand tons of peat products per year. Modern imported equipment has been installed and tested in the workshop, which allows for the production of a wide range of peat products with different fractional compositions (from 10 mm to 20-40 mm). These include baled peat and soils in big-bags (bales) with a volume of 6 cubic meters, as well as nutrient soils for various purposes, packaged from 10 liters to 300 liters. The quality of the products meets the requirements of foreign and domestic buyers.

Taking into account the commissioning of the new workshop and its reaching design capacity in the second half of the year, the volume of export supplies of peat products by UP "Vitebskoblgaz" in 2011 is planned at a level of at least 30 thousand tons, which is 1.5 thousand tons higher than last year's figure. As the products of the new workshop advance in foreign markets, UP "Vitebskoblgaz" intends to increase export volumes by 2 times by 2015.

The State Production Association "BelTopGaz" represents a unified independent management structure with a closed production cycle. The association has a developed network of gas supply, peat extraction and peat processing enterprises, design, research and development, and construction organizations, enterprises and workshops for the production of gas equipment, means of mechanization and automation of production processes, necessary technological equipment and spare parts for them. Four production complexes have been formed within the SPA: gas, peat extraction and processing, construction, scientific and technical support. Enterprises and organizations with a total staff of over 30 thousand people operate within their framework.-0-