OREANDA-NEWS. Belarus' OAO Gorodeya Sugar Refinery (based in Minsk Region) is due to invest Br104.716 billion (USD 9.768 million) in a project to upgrade its sugar drying facilities, a company representative told.

Simultaneously, the refinery is upgrading its sugar beet processing facilities.

To choose the general contractor for the sugar drier project, Gorodeya Sugar Refinery plans to hold a tender on December 5, 2014.

The new facility is expected to get operational by May 30, 2015.

Gorodeya Sugar Refinery was founded in 1959. The company processes sugar beet and sugar cane.