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    ARMENIA'S ENERGY MINISTER RULES OUT NAIRIT PLANT'S SHUTDOWN

    ARKA
    May 15, 2009

    YEREVAN, May 15. /ARKA/. Armenia's Minister of Energy and Natural
    Resources Armen Movsisyan ruled out possible shutdown of Nairit
    chemical plant where an explosion took place on Thursday.

    "The plant must keep working and resume activities," Movsisyan said
    as he visited today the enterprise.

    The estimate for reconstruction activities is for US$150,000 and the
    shareholders of the plant will cover all expenses.

    "The plant's management will also cover funeral expenses and will
    compensate their families," Movsisyan was quoted saying.

    An explosion in Armenia's rubber producing giant Nairit plant on
    Thursday at around 6:00 pm local time took lives of four workers.

    A lawsuit filed against the explosion at the Yerevan-based Nairit
    chemical plant for violating safety rules in highly explosive areas,
    causing human losses, as well as for careless utilization of hazardous
    chemical and biological agents and toxins.

    The police have launched preliminary investigation into the case.

    Established in 1949, Armenia's leading rubber producer Nairit chemical
    pant manufactures chloroprene rubber marketing its products under
    the Nairit brand.
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