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  • Armenian Government Allocates $44 Million To Develop Mining Industry

    ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT ALLOCATES $44 MILLION TO DEVELOP MINING INDUSTRY

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/
    29.06.2009 11:18 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the framework of the visit to Syunik region the
    RA prime minister Tigran Sargsyan visited 'Agarak Copper Molybdenum
    Plant', press office of the RA government reports.

    The purpose of the government sitting in Syunik region is to find
    solutions to current problems of the region. RA prime minister Tigran
    Sargsyan familiarized with the social and economic situation of the
    region and problems of concern of the local population. Then meeting
    with the management of the 'Agarak Copper Molybdenum Plant' followed.

    As Mr.Sargsyan mentioned, the RA government made a decision to provide
    the plant 14 million dollar credit for a 4-year term to obtain new
    equipment and raise production efficiency and to made the enterprise
    more competitive. The prime minister assured that the provided means
    will help the plan to pay off its debts. "As the management of the
    plant assured, the credit will help to resolve the problem of salary
    debts, in particular," Tigran Sargsyan said. The enterprise will
    resume operations starting from July 1.

    The Armenian government recently approved the program on Syunik social
    economic development over 2010-2013. To intensify the metal mining
    industry of the region the government made a decision to provide
    with 15 million dollar loans 'Zangezur Ìining' (for 5 year term),
    'Armenian Ìolybdenum Production' (for a 5 year term) each.

    44 million dollars will be allocated from the state budget. The Prime
    minister particularly mentioned, that the amount is provided from
    the Russian credit and will help to improve social and economic life
    of Syunik region and to alleviate the consequences of the global
    financial crisis. The credit resources will be directed to boost
    exports from the country and to cut production costs.
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