Metallurgical Industrial Complex of Nizhniy Tagil JSC, part of Evraz Group, has completed the basement of the new water-treatment complex. The builders have started erecting mounting bases and the building frame. The carcass work is being carried out at the moment. The builders have already received the first equipment lots and are going to assemble and install them in the nearest future. Energocascad Company of Moscow runs the construction of the water-treatment complex on the ‘turnkey’ terms. According to Metallurgical Industrial Complex of Nizhny Tagil development plans, the construction

Facilities of Yekaterinburg Electrical Network Company JSC are in fact over-aged, reports the company’s spokesperson. According to the company representatives, reconstruction might be a solution to the problem, as well as putting some new facilities into service. So far, a number of the company’s substations have already been maximally loaded so that any excess load may bring about an emergency. At the same time, the other substations operate in the normal load mode. Therefore, no new users can be connected neither to Zapadnaya, Vesna or Metallist substations due to their heavy load, nor

Annual general meeting of Big-Diameter Pipes Plant JSC was held on August 22, 2006. The agenda included elections of the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman, of the sole executive authority (namely, of the company’s GD), and appointment of the Secretary of the Board of Directors. The meeting resulted in the following appointments: T. Khakhva — Chairman of the Board of Directors, P. Tatyatsin — Deputy Chairman and the company’s GD, V. Zotov — Secretary.

Over 1,600 young employees of Metallurgical Industrial Complex of Nizhniy Tagil (part of Evraz Group) have been put on the corporate alternative manager candidate list. The project, known as Career, has been around for over two years now and provides for individual training of each employee who displays potential in order to prepare the company’s future managers of all levels, from directors of the company’s workshops to top managers. To be eligible for the project, one has to be under forty and have the education needed for the would-be job. The Complex offers a range of professional

Ural Airlines will have spent 11.927 million RUR on employee training by the end of 2006. The money is largely spent on English language classes, training the pilots, the flight attendants, and the engineers and technicians who will be using the new kind of aircraft.

Electrometallurgical Complex of Chelyabinsk assessed the results of its activity in the first half of 2006. The company produced 364,700 tons of ferroalloys and over 18,500 tons of electrodes. It made more than 7.5 billion RUR in terms of sales revenues, with net profit amounting to 300 million RUR.