Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) reports its has successfully undergone a technical audit carried out by Renault experts. Based on the results of the audit, MMK received an approval for the delivery of hot dip galvanized rolled metal stock meant for the manufacturing of automobile internal parts. The confirmation of the fact that MMK’s technologies comply with Renault’s modern standards is an important step on the way to acceptation that will later on allow us to make serial deliveries to both Russian and foreign customers,’ MMK reports. Now MMK has been successfully undergoing its

The annual general meeting of VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation’s stockholders took place in Berezniki, Perm Territory, recently. The year 2010 was a crucial one for the company; the troubles of 2009 were still felt, but we nevertheless managed to lay a foundation for further growth. For one, our key performance indicators came to look better. Even though our sales revenues went down by slightly less than 5% last year compared with the year 2009, our net profit still soared by 240%. This sounds impressive, even though there is still much to work on in terms of money in the year 2011,’ says the

A monument dedicated to the king of pop will be unveiled in Yekaterinburg on June 25, 2011; the initiative was put forth by Invincible (Michael Jackson’s Russian fan club) a year ago. For one, Yekaterinburg has already got a Michael Jackson wall next to the Beatles monument. Michael Jackson’s admirers gather there on regular basis, while the fan club rehearses the dances inspired by his video clips. In fact, several monuments dedicated to Michael Jackson have been introduced in Europe since 2009. Now all fans will have a new place to get together. This is going to be Russia’s first monument

Deputy Head of Yekaterinburg Municipal Council for City Planning, Transportation, and Environment Evgeniy Lipovitch held a meeting devoted to the strategic project on the modernization of the existing railway node in Yekaterinburg. The meeting participants used the decision made by Yekaterinburg Municipal Duma on June 10, 2003 (No. 40/6, On Yekaterinburg’s Strategic Plan) and the ruling by the city council as of February 9, 2011 (On the Development, Implementation, and Prolongation of Yekaterinburg Strategic Development Projects) as their starting points to consider the details of some of the

The annual general meeting of Ural Instrument-Making Plant’s stockholders has been put off by over one month, namely, from June 25, 2011 to July 29, 2011. The news was carried by Oblastnaya Gazeta. As is known, the company’s Board of Directors suggested that the annual report for 2010 should not be approved, that no dividend should be declared, and no premiums paid to the BOD members. It is also recommended that the stockholders terminate the powers of the enterprise’s current Director-General Georgy Vassilyev before the actual end of his term.