The member enterprises of NLMK Sort (NLMK’s section iron division) sold over 300,000 tons of reinforcing bars, 62,000 tons of metal goods, and 25,000 tons of rolled wire in January-March 2012 (which was, respectively, 5% more, 34% more, and 42% less than in the first quarter of 2011). The companies sold about 390,000 tons of metal goods altogether; this was 10% less than a year earlier. ‘The decrease in the total quantity of metal goods sales was caused by dropping volumes of semi-finished goods and rolled wire export shipments. The decline of export shipments, on the other hand, has meant we

OOO Finishing Work Directorate 1 called off its claim against US BAES from Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court; the plaintiff originally insisted on the latter’s being declared bankrupt. Now US BAES is a daughter enterprise of Uralenergostroy Management Company that was set up to supervise the building and assembly jobs at Beloyarskaya nuclear power station’s BH 800 generating unit. OOO Finishing Work Directorate 1 had claimed earlier that the defendant owed them over 7m RUR.

Central Stadium in Yekaterinburg will be completely prepared for the Russian Cup final on May 9, head of Russian Football Union’s PR Departmetn Nikolai Komarov told R-Sport. Nevertheless, some media announced earlier that the poor condition of the lawn at the stadium might make it necessary to transfer the match to another city. ‘Russian Football Union is puzzled by the media announcements regarding the alleged transfer of the Russian Cup final game between male teams from Yekaterinburg to another Russian city. We definitely do not confirm this news. Moreover, we are positive that the

Enel OGK-5’s Board of Directors suggested that the company’s stockholders should vote for passing last year’s dividend at the upcoming AGM. The annual general meeting has been scheduled for June 20, 2012. The BOD also confirmed the agenda of the meeting: the stockholders are to approve of the annual report and the annual accounting report, to elect the new BOD members and the company’s audit committee, select an auditor, adopt the new version of the company’s Charter, and approve of a number of related party transactions.

The launch of the Kingdom of Thailand’s trade or diplomatic mission in the region might give a new impulse to the development of economic relations between Sverdlovsk Region and Thailand, Chairman of Sverdlovsk Region Government Vladimir Vlasov said in the course of his official meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Thailand to Russia Itti Ditbanchong. ‘The Mid-Urals and Thailand’s cooperation is an ongoing process. It now mainly covers the humanities-related fields, but the cooperation potential is definitely far from being used up at the moment.