Chelyabinsk power generating company JSC is going to hold AGM via absentee voting on July 24, 2006. The only point on the agenda is the one of reorganizing the company by merging with Tyumen Regional Generating Company JSC (alongside with TGK-10), with the following approval of the corresponding agreement and of the deed of assignment. The list of shareholders allowed to take part in the decision-making process was complied according to their status as of June 8, 2006. According to the company’s spokesperson, this extraordinary meeting is one of the steps taken to set up a united enterprise

First Deputy Head of Sverdlovsk Region Government and Minister for Industry, Power Engineering and Science Vladimir Molchanov met Vice President of DUFERCO S.A. Antonio Gozzi to discuss the possible projects the Italian holding could work on in Sverdlovsk region. The meeting was also attended by Pierre Paolo Greco (representative of Governor of Liguria), Minister for International and Foreign Economic Relations of Sverdlovsk Region Viktor Koksharov, and Director of Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Investment Support Fund Vladislav Klabukov. Mr Molchanov suggested investing into the power

In the first six months of 2006, Asha Metallurgical Works JSC has already produced 3,313,544,000 RUR worth of goods, which exceeds the figures for the period of January to June 2005 by 5.1%. The company produced 316,482 tons of steel (an increase of 2.7% compared to a year earlier) and 234,632 tons of rolled metal (an increase of 7.2%). The plant has produced 31,013.36 kilograms of amorphous tape and 729,100 magnetic conductors throughout January to June 2006, the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative.

Yestyuninskaya mine of Vysokogorskiy ore mining and processing enterprise (part of Evraz Group) has recently assessed the productivity of the additional oil containment device installed at the water outfall: the device has already managed to reduce the oil content in the wastewater by 23%. The system was installed in the fall of 2005 and is made up of a coke-filled iron box; due to its sponginess, the coke can absorb the oil. Using this device provides for higher quality decontamination of mine water; its effectiveness is normally assessed by means of taking and comparing two samples of

Uraltrac Ltd. produced 475,480,000 worth of goods in June 2006, which is 4.9% less than had been planned. The plant also produced 154 engineer vehicles worth 281,820,000 RUR, including 28 tractors, 13 pipelayers (which is 30% more than had been planned), and 113 ripper-dozer units (9.6% less than had been planned). The plant shipped 605,890,000 RUR worth of goods (which means a 94.8% achievement of the plan) and sold 164 engineer vehicles worth 369,824,000 RUR, including 148 tractors and T-10-based units and 10 ripper-dozers, the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative.

First Deputy Head of Sverdlovsk Region Government and Minister for Industry, Power Engineering and Science Vladimir Molchanov and Minister for International and Foreign Economic Relations of Sverdlovsk Region Viktor Koksharov negotiated with a group of Japanese executives from Daiwa Securities Group Inc., Japan Tobacco Inc., Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd., Nyk Logistics & Megacarrier, Yanmar Co., Ltd., Teijin Limited, Toppan Travel Service Corp., and Inpex Corporation. The meeting was devoted to setting priorities in the prospective cooperation of the companies with the

Vysokogorskiy Ore Mining and Processing Enterprise JSC (part of Evraz Group) has recently celebrated its 285th anniversary. The event was attended by the representatives of Sverdlovsk Region Government and the municipal authorities of Nizhniy Tagil, reports the spokesperson for Evraz Group.