

Trading on SCRMET: diesel fuel and Portland cement were in demand
On Tuesday, December 20, 5 deals totaling $9.5 million were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, the ORIENT correspondent reports.


On Tuesday, December 20, 5 deals totaling $9.5 million were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, the ORIENT correspondent reports.


On Wednesday, the head of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry Rashid Meredov met With Nobuhiko Sasaki, General Executive Director of the Japan Organization for the Development of Foreign Trade (JETRO), with whom he discussed the opening of a JETRO office in Turkmenistan.


Head of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey, Fatih Donmez, said that the project to create an energy center in his country for the supply of natural gas to Europe is planned to be implemented within a year. This was reported by TASS with reference to the TRT channel.


Iran attaches great importance to transit through its territory and swap gas supplies from Turkmenistan, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahiyan said, Mehr news agency reported following a telephone conversation between the Iranian minister and his Turkmen counterpart Rashid Meredov.


On Monday, December 20, at the auction of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, an entrepreneur from the United Arab Emirates purchased cotton yarn, the ORIENT correspondent reports.


This was stated by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev in a message to the parliament and the people of the country, Uza.uz reports.


The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, with the financial support of the European Union, held a round table in Ashgabat with the participation of representatives of Turkmen startups, as well as potential investors as part of a series of events dedicated to venture investments.


A new industrial inflow of natural gas at the Galkynysh supergiant field was obtained from the 60th well, which has already been commissioned, at a depth of 4580 meters, the Turkmenistan newspaper reports.


The new rice-cleaning plant in the suburb of Kerki will contribute to the production of high-quality rice harvested from the Kerki and Halach districts of the Lebap region, the Turkmenistan newspaper reports.


"Despite the existing uncertainty of long-term forecasts for the development of the energy market, the role of natural gas in the global energy balance will continue to grow. It is expected that by 2040 its consumption may exceed the level of 2021 by about 20%," Gazprom said in a press release published on Tuesday.


Turkmenistan continues to take the first place among the states supplying natural gas to China through the pipeline.


The Taliban government has announced the completion of the $5 billion Trans-Afghan Railway project, Tolo News reported, citing the Afghan Railway Authority.


The Russian Railways (RZD) holding, together with the railways of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran, will establish uniform reduced rates for the transportation of containers along the eastern route of the North-South corridor for 2023, TASS reports on Monday with reference to the press service of RZD.


Uzbekistan sent a container train to Europe for the first time along the Middle Corridor (Trans-Caspian International Transport Route), Podrobno.uz reported on Monday.


The presidents of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey will hold another trilateral summit on the supply of Turkmen gas to the European market, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a meeting with Turkish youth in the city of Mardin, TASS reports.