Russia to Upgrade, Scale Down Gunpowder Production
16:10 11/03/2012
MOSCOW, March 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will overhaul its gunpowder manufacturing plants and start manufacturing superior gunpowder by 2016, but overall production will decline sharply, the Izvestia daily reported quoting a source in the Industry and Trade Ministry.
As a result of the modernization program, some of the plants will close and the total number of plants will shrink.
One reason is that some manufacturing facilities are located in residential areas.
Meanwhile, new gunpowder formulas and production technologies are being developed.
Executives at Russia’s two largest gunpowder plants - one in Tambov and the other in Kazan - have declined to comment on the modernization plans.
According to Izvestia, by 2016, the Russian Defense Ministry will reduce gunpowder procurement to 20,000-30,000 tons a year from the current 100,000-150,000 tons.
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