The mine pulling units of Evrazruda JSC (ore maker) Kazskiy subsidiary are to go through an overhaul from February 19 to February 20, 2006. The guiding parts of the units will be relocated from 90-meter-below to 430-meter-above height. According to the company’s spokesperson, such overhauls are carried out every two years and serve to maintain the mining equipment. The other repair tasks include dismantling of the old guides and installation of the new ones. While the Glavniy shaft is going to be out of use, the whole production will be performed by Kletyevoy shaft, but the subsidiary is

‘More mobile phones will be sold,’ Director of Simphonia mobile chain stores Nikolai Trusov said to UrBC representative. ‘Mobile phones tend to be replaced frequently, especially in terms of switching to a more updated version. New segments of buyers emerge all the time, which is why I disagree with some experts claiming that the regional markets are saturated and no more increases in sales are to be expected. I believe the sales records will only be going up.’ ‘As for the retail prices, even if there is going to be an increase in 2006, it’s not going to be a huge one. Since the new models

Deputy Head of Sverdlovsk Region Government and Minister of Industry, Power Engineering and Science Vladimir Molchanov met Deputy GD of Russian Post Gennadiy Kotov and Director of Sverdlovsk Region subsidiary Dmitriy Varchak on February 17, 2006. The meeting was aimed at summing up the subsidiary’s achievements in 2005. According to Mr Varchak, the year proved to be quite a successful one. The year 2006 is going to be devoted to further improvement of the profitability and economic success of the regional post office, some new services will be offered, too. For instance, some more public

As the spokesperson for Sverdlovsk Region Tax and Duty Administration said to UrBC representative, Tagilvodka JSC is the only winery that has received the new format excise duty stamps so far. ‘The Administration has stamps for all types of drinks, including wine and vodka, yet only Tagilvodka obtained over 1 million stamps.’

‘Software sales cannot become an independent business right now’, GD of Uraltone chain stores Evgeniy Furashov said to UrBC interviewer. ‘We offer different kinds of e-translators and posting services, that is, the licensed versions that our customers can afford. These software items do not cost any more than a hundred dollars. We have tried selling 30 copies of Windows operational system for a year but and have not been able to do it. The retail price of the package is 7,500 RUR, which is not very cheap, given especially that a pirate copy can be bought at a mere 100 RUR. Even the big

Sverdlovenergosbyt JSC is going to become the Region’s guaranteeing electricity supplier, the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative. To acquire this status, the company must be economically stable and operate on the whole territory of the region. According to the company’s spokesperson, Sverdlovenergosbyt JSC cooperates witl all municipal units of Sverdlovsk Region and has been serving over 700,000 clients, including 20,000 legal entities, in February 2006.

All the orders for metal goods, building materials and machine-building produce coming from Chelyabinsk Region were fulfilled in 2005, and businesses provided for the regular regional metal-roll produce supplies (the total of 78,100 tons plus 206,400 tons of cement). 28 businesses took part in the order completion altogether. This year, the companies keep working on the regional orders; thus, the metal-roll supplies agreement is to be signed by the regional metallurgical enterprises and Governor of Chelyabinsk Region. According to the Governor’s decree on the cement supplies, Uralcement JSC

The first segment of Martinite aggregation production line designed for balancing and commissioning was launched after the tubular carrier chains and aspiration systems had been installed at Magnesite Industrial Complex. As Magnesite Group representative explains, the aggregation will be produced on a large scale starting April. The special production line will allow to increase the aggregation output from 3,600 to 12,000 tons annually, with 4.500 tons produced in 2006. The line construction is part of the Investment Program for 2005 and cost 80 million RUR. Additional equipment was installed