Ural Interregional Department of Russian Federal Property Fund hosted the auction aimed at selling the state share holding (12.35% of the authorized capital) of Pervouralskiy Dinasoviy Zavod JSC, silica works of Pervouralsk. UBS Securities CJSC outbid its rivals with 225.5 million RUR to win the holding. The face value of the share holding was originally estimated at 30.041 million RUR, and the opening bid was 223 million RUR. There were 858,323 common nominal shares put up to the open auction.

Ural Airlines have signed an intention agreement with Pembroke, the Irish leasing company. According to this agreement, three Airbus 320-211 aircrafts are to go through a checkup, and then the delivery contract will finally be signed. Ural Airlines are hoping to start performing regular flights using two of the three aircrafts in August or September. As Ural Airlines GD Sergei Skuratov announced at today’s press conference, ‘these airplanes will be able to fly to any European destination freely, and they will allow us to dispose of the old TU-154 models. The company has 23 aircrafts now, and

State district power plant of Troitsk produced over 748 million kilowatts per hour of electricity in January 2006. This exceeds the scheduled production by 134.5%, and the production for January 2005 by 151.9%. The plant sold over 129,423,000 kilowatts per hour making 70 million RUR in the free sector of the wholesale market, and 533,904,000 kilowatts per hour making over 241 million RUR in the regulated sector. According to the plan issued by the Federal Tariff Service, the plant should produce 288.7 million kilowatts per hour in February, the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC

Kalina Concern JSC must pay Nefis Cosmetics JSC 10.5 million RUR in compensation for the damage done to the business image of Nefis Cosmetics JSC by Kalina counterfeiting the company’s washing powder brand with its TriMax. This was the decision made by the Court of Appeals of Tartar Republic. (The verdict coincided with that of the Court of Arbitration.) This verdict has come into effect since the day it was announced in court and, if Kalina does not pay this sum voluntarily, it will be recovered by the law-enforcement officers. According to Legal Department Director of Nefis Cosmetics JSC

The new grinding machines were put into operation under the supervision of Austrian Kodia and German Wassmer specialists at Magnesite Industrial Complex JSC today, the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative. The company employees have gone through additional training and have been given operation instructions. Kodia President Herbert Kopitar met Magnesite GD Igor Anikievitch to assess the completion of their joint project. Mr Kopitar found the new grinding equipment highly advanced in terms of technology, maneuverability, and measuring precision. Magnesite JSC employees commented

Pervouralskiy Dinasoviy Zavod JSC, silica works of Pervouralsk, started a корундографитовы goods shop on February 9, 2006. The goods are to be produced using the licensed technology of Fresema, Switzerland. The project investments came to $12 million. According to the spokesperson for Sverdlovsk Region Ministry of Industry, Energy and Science, the plant has already produced the first experimental sets of refractory products such as locking devices, nonswirl nozzles, dipper tubes and sheath tubes. The plants of Nizhniy Tagil and Magnitogorsk, Sverdlovsk Region are already using them.

The Board of Directors of Metallurgical Works of Magnitogorsk held a meeting today where it was decided to hold the annual shareholder meeting on April 21, 2006, the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative. The shareholders will have to agree on the annual accounting, approve the new edition of the Charter, elect Board members and the members of the auditing commission as well as the company’s auditor.

Chelaybinskiy Truboprokatniy Zavod JSC, Tube Rolling Works of Chelyabinsk, shipped 57,600 tons of tubes and pipes in January 2006, which exceeds the figures for January 2005 by 32%. The shipments included 77,900 tons of large-diameter tubes, which is 62% more than in January 2005. The works produced 53,600 tons of tubes and pipes last month, which signifies a 7% increase in production compared to January 2005. Out of these 53,600 tons 32,000 tons were large-diameter tubes (an increase of 23% compared to previous January), the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative.

According to the spokesperson for Chelyabinskgorgaz JSC Lyubov Kalenik, top-priority items of gas pipeline in Beregovoy settlement of Leninsky borough of Chelyabinsk have been put into operation. Specialists of Chelyabinskgorgaz connected gas control point and 900 meters of medium and low pressure gas conduits to Chelyabinsk main gas distribution network. Hence, gas is piped into four buildings in Yampolskaya and Tretya Kaluzhskaya Streets. According to plans of Chelyabinskgorgaz, gasification of the east part of Beregovoy is to be completed within 2006 after pipelining more than 1,000 meters

Magnesite Industrial Complex JSC increased refractory shapes production by 0.2% in January 2006 compared to previous January, which gave them the figure of 30,100 tons; the production of commercial powder went up by 4.2% and comprised 64,100 tons. As the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative, the company increased its refractory shapes sales record by 3.7% in January 2006 and thus sold 277.7 million RUR worth of products, the sales record for commercial powder was raised up to 144.5 million RUR (an increase of 3.5%). The shipment of refractory shapes improved by 3.2% compared to

In January 2006, Pervouralsky Novotrubny Zavod JSC (new tube maker works of Pervouralsk) produced 46,600 tons of tubes, which exceeds the figures for the same period of 2005 by 14%. During the first month of 2006, the company shipped 40,800 tons of its production (an increase of 7% compared to 38,300 tons of tubes shipped by the company in January 2005). In January 2006, the total shipping of tube production by the group of consolidated tube works of Chelyabinsk and Pervouralsk including Pervouralsky Novotrubny Zavod and Chelyabinsky Truboprokatny Zavod came to 98,400 tons (an increase of 20%

Following the decision of the Public Prosecutor of Verkh-Isetsky borough of Yekaterinburg, Rosnedvizhimost (public real estate of Russia) Administration demanded that Atomstroykomplex CJSC developer company be held accountable for unauthorized land occupation and violation of dwelling construction procedures. Thus, Atomstroykomplex was inflicted a penalty of 21,000 RUR, Sverdlovsk Region Office of Public Prosecutor says. The investigation performed by the public prosecution bodies revealed that Atomstroykomplex had commenced its building and assembly operations to erect a multistory

Russian Federation Technical and Export Surveillance Service decided to give United Banking History Bureau Ltd. the license which is going to make the company a legally protected right to develop and/or produce equipment and software designed for protection of confidential information, the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative. This license is soon going to appear on the corporate website to testify the company’s right to independently develop, produce, supply and service hardware, firmware and equipment meant for protection of confidential information. This license will make the

N.A. Semikhatov Scientific Production Association of Yekaterinburg and V.P. Makeev design office of Miass, Chelyabinsk Region, have been negotiating on the order to modernize Brazilian carrier rocket. RosCosmos and Space Agency of Brazil signed the intention transactions as early as October 2005, Deputy GD of N.A. Semikhatov Scientific Production Association Lev Belskiy reported. The negotiations will have to be carried on into late February and, after the contract has been signed, the Association is going to get down to designing the rocket-control system using some earlier schemes,

The cold weather in January 2005 made Gazmontazh, the regional gasification company, slow down on tubing. The frost penetration of soil comprises between 1 and 1.5 meters, which makes it extremely difficult to do any mainlaying. At the moment, Gazmontazh CJSC is assembling the polyethylene and metal pipes in the pipeline trenches that were prepared earlier. The pipelines are being installed in areas of Nikolo-Pavlovskiy, Mikotkino, Kurganovo and Kamensk-Uralskiy. According to the spokesperson for Ural Gas Pipelines Ltd., Gazmontazh constructed over 100 kilometers of mains in 38 municipal

Chelyabinsk Region Bank of Russia Administration officially reported the introduction of Raiffeisen Bank of Austria subsidiary in Chelyabinsk. The subsidiary is called South Urals and is located at 38 Karl Marx Street. It was registered in the State Registration Book on January 27, 2006. Shukrat Sabirov was appointed Director of the subsidiary.

The debts of heat consumers to Generating Company of Chelyabinsk had come up to 300 million RUR by January 1, 2006, the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative. The biggest debtors are represented by the dwelling organizations of Chelyabinsk.According to the company’s spokesperson, the company has faced a number of attempts of debt repudiation, for example, via bankruptcy, restructuring the business and transferring the dwellings to another enterprise. Thus, a debt of 16 million RUR is pending after one of the local Municipal Unitary Enterprises went bust; 2 million RUR still have

‘The first Auchan supermarket in Yekaterinburg will be located on the grounds of IKEA in Moskovskiy Rd. The opening will take place anywhere between October and December 2006, depending on the speed of construction,’ Sales Headquarters Director of Auchan chain stores Jeanne Pierre said. ‘We think we’ll set up one store for now and wait for the customer response. The company’s future strategy will be based on the turnover and profits of this particular store. We generally open 1 to 4 stores in Russia annually, although the particular projects depend on the availability of sites. Thus, only one

The Tax Violation Department of Sverdlovsk Region Municipal Internal Affairs Administration has come across a number of legal abuses in the course of a recent investigation carried out at Irbitskiy Mototsikletniy Zavod Ltd., the motorcycle producer of Irbit, Sverdlovsk Region. ‘The results of the investigation gave us some grounds for instituting legal proceedings against the company; it was thus charged with tax evasion (Clause 199 of Russian Federation Criminal Code, Part II) by the Investigative Department of Internal Affairs Administration of Irbit. Some evidence of guilt has already been

The assembling of the new cold saw was completed at the Will Flange and Tread Department of Metallurgical Works of Nizhniy Tagil. The saw is meant for cutting railway wheel billets. This is the seventh plant of this sort assembled at this department; the earlier saws were introduced in the decade of 1995-2005 to replace the outdated ingot-splitting machines. As the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative, the assembling contract had been signed with MFL Company of Austria. The new saw can perform the cutting tasks in a more precise and productive way. Its produce is going to meet