Ural Bank for Reconstruction and Development introduced the new version of the internet trading system QUIK — 5.07. The changes made to the new version mainly involve the charts and data export; ten additional technical analysis indicators have been added as well. The new version makes it possible to shift the charts time wise, to build them in percentage terms, to overlay the horizontal lines, to save the numerical data contained in the charts in the text file format; these data include the bidding records and the stochastics values.

The report on the state of the environment and the way environmental factors affect the health of Sverdlovsk Region population indicates that Sredneuralsky Copper Smelting Plant (part of Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC)) is one of the major waste producers among the non-ferrous metallurgical enterprises of Sverdlovsk Region. It has already produced 1,671,200 tons of waste, but only 1,085,700 tons have been recycled. The plant has collected 61,533,100 tons by the end of 2006.

308 violations of the environmental legislation requirements were found in 30 divisions of Sverdlovsk Railways in the course of the inspection conducted by the Ural division of Rostehnadzor, Russia’s state environmental watchdog. 97 offenses have to do with the atmospheric pollution, 143 violations are connected with mismanagement of waste; there are also four violations of the state environmental impact assessment, and 56 offenses involve failing to meet the general environmental requirements such as water pollution. As a result, Rostehnadzor issued 338 orders to be carried out within a

The volume index of industrial production in Ural Federal District in the eleven months of 2006 reached the point of 105.4% against January-November 2005 (the average index for Russia comes to 104.1%), reports the Plenipotentiary Representation of Russian Federation President in Ural Federal District. The electricity production went up 8.2% against the corresponding period of 2005, the oil and gas production increased by 1.7% and 2.7%, respectively, the condensate recovery rose by 7.6%, the cement production went up 6.4%. The iron ore production rose by 7.7%, that of steel tubes and pipes by

2.821m square meters of housing were introduced in Ural Federal District in January-November 2006, which exceeds the figures for the eleven months of 2005 by 33.3%, reports the Plenipotentiary Representation of Russian Federation President in Ural Federal District. It appears that more dwellings were put up due to concentrating on the more economical apartments in terms of living space. This is why the increase in the number of apartments offered in the eleven months of 2006 (which makes up 139.2% of the corresponding period of 2005) outstrips the growth rate of the total area of the housing

According to the Central Bank of Russia, the volume of deposits placed by non-profit NGOs in UralTransBank for a term of 1 to 3 years went down 73.6% (from 66.370m RUR to 17.494m RUR) in January-December 2006.

United Machine Building Works (aka OMZ (Obedinennye Mashinostroitelnye Zavody, formerly United Heavy Machinery)) has fully paid the dividend for 2005, spending 33,000 RUR. The decision to set the dividend at 0.012 RUR per one preference share was made at the annual general meeting on June 5, 2006. It was also decided not to pay the ordinary share dividend, reports the spokesperson for United Machine Building Works. The company’s authorized capital comes to 3.823m RUR; it is divided into 35.48m ordinary shares and 2.75m preference shares with face value of .1 RUR. These shares are available at

The complaints about certain banking services have become much more frequent and acute lately, state the regular reports produced by the local division of the Federal Consumer Rights Protection Agency and by Yekaterinburg Consumer Rights Committee. ‘Most complaints have to do with consumer lending and credit cards. Some banks give a loan and make a client open an account that costs pretty much the amount of money you borrow to maintain,’ says Elena Bogacheva, the expert of Rospotrebnadzor, Russia’s state consumer rights watchdog. According to Yekaterinburg Consumer Rights Committee, people

The Ural division of Rostehnadzor, Russia’s state environmental and technological safety watchdog, looked at the results of the investigation of a grave accident that led to the death of the smelter from the smelting shop of Sredneuralsky Metallurgical Works on November 11, 2006, reports Rostehnadzor’s press officer. The accident was caused by the violations of the safety measures: the workers used a faulty mould as a slag pan and did not try to control the temperature; in addition, they were not wearing the protective broadcloth suits or boots. The workmanship instruction that would tell the

Sverdlovsk Mortgage Lending Agency went through an additional share issue. ‘Sverdlovsk Region Government bought 75% of these shares; the remaining 25% were acquired by SKB-Bank. The regional government empowered Sverdlovsk Region Ministry for State Property Management to act as the buyer, and the deal came to 49,999,998 RUR,’ Alexander Komarov, the director of Sverdlovsk Mortgage Lending Agency, said to UrBC representative. Thus, the additional share issue has been fully bought out; the agency is planning to issue more shares in 2007 as well.