Russia’s metallurgical companies have felt the impact of the global market changes that first occurred in August 2011: the Russian holdings’ steel output went drastically down in September and reached the year’s lowest point. The official reason for the plunging output is said to lie in the seasonal consumption variations, Kommersant reports. According to Metal Courier’s statistics, Russia’s total steel production dropped by nearly 5% in September 2011 compared to August 2011 and came to 5.4m tons. In comparison with January, the output declined by 8.6% and in comparison with over 6m tons of

Sverdlovsk Region division of Rospotrebnadzor (the state consumer rights watchdog) conducted an unscheduled inspection of Linde Uraltechgaz to make sure the enterprise complies with the orders of Yekaterinburg Ordzhonikidzevsky and Zheleznodorozhny district’s chief sanitary inspector. As of the date of the inspection, October 4, 2011, the company turned out not to comply with the said orders in full, Rospotrebnadzor’s press officer reports. Following the inspection by the regional division of Rospotrebnadzor, three fines (a total of 2,100 RUR) were imposed on the enterprise’s executives and

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Region, November 7, 2011. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK)’s quality management system has been successfully audited and recertified for compliance with the international ISO 9001:2008 and ISO/TU 16949:2009 standards as well as with STO Gazprom 9001:2006 standard. For one week, the auditing committees comprising the experts from the international certification authority TUV NORD CERT and Paritet inspected the performance of the company’s processes aimed at the production of high-quality goods and meeting consumer’s needs. The audit involved nearly all

Under the order of Russia’s Federal Financial Markets Service’s Ural Federal District division No. 62-11-1416/pz-i dated October 31, 2011, the issue of Sverdlovsk Region-based Dejа-Invest’s preference registered uncertified shares was halted.

Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court held a preliminary hearing of the claim laid by SK Iset against Ural Exhibition Center; the plaintiff wants to be paid 246.28m RUR for the jobs completed in the course of putting up the international exhibition center Yekaterinburg Expo. SK Iset was involved in building the engineering networks on the construction site between December 2010 and April 2011, and is now trying to get the money for the job. The company says the two parties did not sign any independent work contract, and all their agreements were mostly based on business correspondence and

The 9th Arbitration & Appeals Court supported the ruling of Moscow Arbitration Court that rejected the claim laid by UMMC Perspektiva Non-State Retirement Fund against Russia’s Federal Financial Markets Service, Kommersant reports. The plaintiff disagreed with the Service’s order issued on March 31, 2011 that made the fund eliminate the legal violations contained in the decisions made by the company’s Board in February and March 2009 within thirty days. The decisions had to do with the redistribution of profits and losses obtained through the management of retirement savings and reserves

Transaero Aviation Company reports that its net profit decreased considerably in the third quarter of 2011, that is, from 494.31m RUR down to 402.34m RUR, or 18.6%. The company explains this has to do with the seasonal variations and says that at the same time its profits went up by 35% and revenues rose by 50% compared with the third quarter of 2010.

Justice of the Peace of Court Division No. 9 of Yekaterinburg Zheleznodorozhny district pronounced the verdict of ‘guilty’ upon a 33-year-old native of Irbit Andrei Betskikh; the man was found guilty of illegal use of counterfeit software products; the charges were based on Article 146 (part 2) of the Russian Federation Criminal Code. The court determined that Betskikh illegitimately bought some pirated computer games for Microsoft Xbox 360 trademarked by Microsoft and Electronic Arts Inc. and kept these in his home. The culprit then offered the CDs for sale over the Internet and sold 55 CDs

The net profit of VSMPO-Avisma Corporation decreased by 92.5% in the third quarter of 2011, that is, from 1.59bn RUR down to 119.32m RUR. The company explains this sharp decline in profits has to do with the re-evaluation of the existing currency liabilities necessitated by the growing dollar exchange rate in the third quarter of the year and by the dramatic increase in the dollar price in September 2011.

An inspection conducted by Sverdlovsk Region environmental prosecution authorities detected a number of grave violations of the water code by Yekaterinburg division of PepsiCo Holdings. It was detected that the organization has been dumping insufficiently cleaned wastewater in the River Iset, and the amount of such water reached nearly 13,000 cubic meters in 2010 alone; this was confirmed by the results of chemical lab tests carried out by the Hygiene & Epidemiology Center for Railway Transport. In August-September 2011, the maximum permissible discharge norms were exceeded by 2.5 times

Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation dumped 6,600 tons of polluting agents in the air last year, which amounted for 5.8% of all the emissions in the town of Nizhniy Tagil. These data are available from the public report on the state of and condition of Sverdlovsk Region environment in 2010. The report was compiled on the basis of information provided by state statistical bodies, environmental surveillance agencies, state-run environmental protection bodies, and leading environmentalist and conservationist organizations.

TransCreditBank is to sell 3.5% of Ural Transport Bank’s shares by auction on December 16, 2011. This shareholding belongs to Russian Railways Public Company, the bank’s website states. The opening bid was set at 36.8m RUR. Applications can be submitted between October 31 and December 5, Interfax-Ural reports. Russian Railways is reported to have 9.3% of the bank’s shares altogether.

Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) came up with a report on its innovations efforts. The company’s scientific and technological policies and implementation of innovations are mainly handled by the science and technology center, the company reports. The center comprises the Central Control Lab, a patent and licensing group, and an R & D group. According to MMK Director-General Boris Dubrovsky, the center’s efforts are focused on several fields, the main one being the development of new product types production technologies for the company’s existing equipment. First and foremost,

Nizhniy Tagil Iron & Steel Works dumped 65,100 tons of polluting agents in the air last year, which amounted for 56.9% of all the emissions in the town of Nizhniy Tagil. These data are available from the public report on the state of and condition of Sverdlovsk Region environment in 2010. The report was compiled on the basis of information provided by state statistical bodies, environmental surveillance agencies, state-run environmental protection bodies, and leading environmentalist and conservationist organizations.

The Russian Federation is going to contribute to Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation’s authorized capital with shares of state-owned joint stock companies, including a 42.48% shareholding in Tver Carriage-Building Plant, Prime reports. In addition, Uralvagonzavod’s capital will comprise a 19.88% holding in Burevestnik Scientific Research Institute, a 13.93% shareholding in Plant No.9, a 13.19% shareholding in Ural Transport Machine-Building Plant, an 8.5% shareholding in Electromachine, and a 7.91% shareholding in Engines Scientific Research Institute. The shares will be

UTair Engineering made 60.1m RUR in terms of net profit in the third quarter of 2011, the company’s official report states. The enterprise’s net loss amounted to 525.67m RUR in January-June 2011, so by September, the figure came to 465.57m RUR, Interfax-Ural reports. It was also announced earlier than in nine months of 2010, the company’s net loss came to 191.3m RUR, which means that a year later, the figure increased by 2.4 times compared with January-September 2010.

Ural Federal University officially confirmed the fact that some of its grad school students have been drafted to serve in the Russian Federation Armed Forces. Among those students, for example, are the MScs from Ural Energy Institute’s Department of Turbines & Engines Vitaly Blinov and Andrei Deminov. The university authorities admit there is nothing they can do to help their students. It has been reported that the said students are now preparing a letter addressed to Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Misharin, who is the Chairman of UFU Supervisory Board.

Uralelectromed accumulated 5,700 tons of Grade III environmentally hazardous waste in the year 2010. These data are available from the public report on the state of and condition of Sverdlovsk Region environment in 2010. The report was compiled on the basis of information provided by state statistical bodies, environmental surveillance agencies, state-run environmental protection bodies, and leading environmentalist and conservationist organizations.

Under the order of Russia’s Federal Customs Service, former Head of Kurgan Customs Alexei Kizerev was appointed Head of Yekaterinburg Customs. Alexei Kizerev was born in Pervouralsk, Sverdlovsk Region, in 1973. He graduated from Ural State Law Academy in 1996 and from the Russian Customs Academy in 2001. He has held various positions in the customs system since 1996, starting as Class II inspector at Urals Customs Administration Customs Value & Currency Control Department. Mr. Kizerev has medals ‘For Customs Service’ (III degree), Russia’s Federal Customs Service’s honorary certificate,

Russian Chrome 1915 accumulated 7,385,800 tons of Grade III environmentally hazardous waste by the end of last year. These data are available from the public report on the state of and protection of the environment in Sverdlovsk Region in 2010. The report was compiled on the basis of data provided by the state statistical bodies and environmental surveillance agencies as well as by governmental bodies in charge of environmental protection and large environmentalist and conservationist organizations.