2011.12.12 | ALL NEWS

NEWS OF WEEK

● Belarus’ government guarantees $1 bln loan to Belaruskali

● Belarus’ foreign debt down 1.1% in October 2011 to $12.01 bn

● Belarus’ gold, FX reserves up 60% in Jan-Nov 2011 to $7.38 bln

● Belarus’ commodity trade deficit at $4.4 bln in Jan-Oct

● Belarus posts republican budget surplus at 1.5% of GDP Jan-Oct

● Russia’s Severstal board recommends 3.39 bln rbl in Jan–Sep divs

● Customs: Russia’s ferrous metal exports down 11% on year in Jan–Oct

● Severstal to ship 1st batch of rolled stock to Ukraine’s ZAZ Dec

● Belarus’ ferrous rolled stock output up 2.3% on yr in Jan-Oct

● Syktyvkar mill seen finishing 1.3 bln rbl invest plan by year-end

● Deputy minister sees Russia’s grain exports double in 15–20 yrs

● Russia’s UGC sees grain exports at 800,000 tonnes in Jul–Dec

● Expert: Russia–Kazakhstan–Ukraine grain pool needs unified policy

● Ukrainian official says no plans to limit country’s grain exports

● Russian Agricultural Bank boosts loans to farmers 27% in Jan–Sep

● Ambiko-Agro to invest $100 mln in seed proj in central Russia

● Experts doubt Russia to export 18 mln tns of grain by 2012

● Russia’s Miratorg to invest 2.5 bln rbl in four cattle breeding farms

● Official: Russian govt to allot 2 bln rbl for land reclamation ’12

● Minsk Bakery Complex to procure 10,000 tonnes of wheat for $2.3 million

● Belarus’ beer output up 18.4%/yr in Jan-Nov to 43.342 mln decaliters

● Belarus identifies 29 alcohol suppliers for 2012

● Expert opinion: Belarus’ beer market under threat

● BPC signs deal to ship $250m worth of fertilizer to Vietnam

● Belaruskali poised to export 7.5 m tonnes of potash fertilizer in 2011