{"id":197870,"date":"2026-07-30T15:05:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197870\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T15:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:05:08","slug":"prime-minister-inspecting-struggling-belarusian-steel-works","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197870\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime minister inspecting struggling Belarusian Steel Works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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July<\/strong> 30, <\/strong>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>As Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka visits ailing companies in Brest, Prime Minister Alaksandar Tur\u010dyn traveled to \u017d\u0142obin, Homiel region, on July 30 to inspect another struggling giant, the Belarusian Steel Works (BMZ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that the government cut electricity rates and loan interest rates for the company to put it on track to financial \u201cstabilization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClearly, the situation is not simple, not simple in the external markets in the first place, but nevertheless our task is to ensure the BMZ\u2019s effective operation,\u201d Tur\u010dyn said, according to a video posted on the cabinet\u2019s Telegram channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He stressed the steel maker\u2019s importance for the country, \u201cthat is why the state will provide support for the BMZ.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u017d\u0142obin-based BMZ, manufacturing billet, steel bars, steel wire rod, seamless pipes, steel cord and steel fiber, is under international sanctions for supplying Russia with products used in its war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, the United States Office for Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) removed BEL-KAP-STEEL LLC, registered in Miami, from its sanctions list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plant sells 75 percent of its products abroad, with Russia accounting for up to 80 percent of its exports, Siarhiej Ciarleckij, a deputy CEO, said earlier this year. The exiled intelligence group BelPol claims that BMZ is involved in the mass production of ammunition for the Russian army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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