Damaged plant sector to be repaired within a month's timeMay 15, 2009 - 19:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The damaged part of Nairit CJSC can be repaired within a month's period, Energy Minister Armen Movsisyan said, as quoted by a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent. "Specialists assure us that routine work in damaged sector can be resumed within a month," RA Energy Minister noted, adding that repairs will cost about $150 thousand which will be allocated through company resources and shareholders' investments.Mr. Movsisyan also added that the causes will be identified only after carrying out relevant work. As a possible cause, he pointed out to technical malfunctioning. "After the causes are identified, the plant will resume its usual routine." Yesterday, around 6.40 p.m. local time, two explosions occurred in Nairit rubber plant. Then fire erupted. 15 minutes later, 9 fire brigades arrived in the scene of action. As a result of damage in chloroprene department, one absorption tower burned. Yesterday, a council of professionals was formed for identifying causes and estimating consequences. The damage caused does not have an environmental impact, as no harmful substances were discharged into atmosphere. Two criminal cases have been filed. Causes still remain unclear. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |