Asphalt coating additive plant for west Russia

The Voronezh Mineral Dust Plant is building a facility producing mineral dust for asphalt coating in the Novaya Usman district of Voronezh, western Russia. The new facility linked to the existing dust plant, owned by Elitstroy construction company boss Eduard Krasnov, will total produce up to 20,000 tonnes of mineral dust per month. The Voronezh region will use 40-50% of the output.

May 23, 2012 Read time: 1 min

The Voronezh Mineral Dust Plant is building a facility producing mineral dust for asphalt coating in the Novaya Usman district of Voronezh, western Russia.

The new facility linked to the existing dust plant, owned by Elitstroy construction company boss Eduard Krasnov, will total produce up to 20,000 tonnes of mineral dust per month. The Voronezh region will use 40-50% of the output.

Worth €4.04million, the project will be financed with funds drawn from Tsentralno-Chernozemny, the head office of Russia's Sberbank. Experts think the payback period will take five to seven years. The new plant will be launched in July 2012.

Russian aggregate market expansion

Despite the current financial turmoil, Russia's aggregates market looks set for continued expansion. Heikki Harri reports. During the last decade the production of aggregates and related products has increased many times over in Russia and there is no seeming end to this trend. The country is committed to continuing investment in infrastructure and this means demand for aggregates will continue to grow.