Ural Airlines JSC and Lufthansa Technik signed a cooperation agreement on August 10, 2006. The agreement has to do with supplying airplane parts for foreign aircraft and is valid for five years, reports the spokesperson for Ural Airlines JSC.

‘Due to the incident at Heathrow airport on August 10, 2006, the British Government had to issue some recommendations to all carriers that perform transit flights using the airport; they apply to transit visitors only, so a person flying from, say, Yekaterinburg to London will not have to observe any regulations,’ the spokesperson for British Airways in Yekaterinburg Maria Shlyachtova said to UrBC representative. The recommendations state that all passengers flying from Heathrow shall not take any cabin luggage with them, except for flight documents, wallets, glasses without a case, lenses

The new terminal is to be introduced in Koltsovo airport, Yekaterinburg, on August 14, 2006. The opening ceremony will be attended by the Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Eduard Rossel, General Director of Koltsovo Airport JSC Mikhail Maximov, and representatives of public authorities and large regional enterprises. ‘The capacity of the new terminal is estimated at sixty passengers per hour; it is meant for both business and economy class passengers using domestic and international flights. The terminal is located in the old Soviet neoclassical building with pillars and a broach, which cost 100

Subscribers of MegaFon-Ural cellular communication network can now receive automatic settings for ‘WAP access through GPRS’ and ‘Multimedia messaging (MMS)’ services via short messages (SMS) free of charge. The automatic settings system can support the following three request interfaces: SIM, WEB and SMS. Initially, MegaFon-Ural subscribers could receive the automatic settings through SIM and WEB, but not via SMS. SIM and SMS interfaces identify the type of the subscriber’s mobile phone. Therefore, to obtain WAP and MMS settings, the subscriber can simply select ‘receive all settings’ item of

The 1st International Conference ‘Bank cards – effective business’ is to be held in Moscow on August 14 and 15, 2006. The conference will be visited by about 100 executives and top-mangers of Russian banks. SKB-Bank JSC representatives have already declared their intention to participate in the conference. The conference is sponsored by Association of Regional Banks of Russia and by Finance-Media Company. The participants are going to discuss the role and place of bankcard projects in the realization of Electronic Russia Federal Program in the years 2002-2010, the problems of retail cashless

SKB-Bank JSC has set up its 15th office in Yekaterinburg. The new office is situated in Khimmash, the south district of Yekaterinburg, and is named after its location – Khimmashevsky. It offers the full range of high-quality consumer-friendly bank services for both legal entities and natural persons. Khimmashevsky services individual clients from 9 AM to 7 PM on Monday through Friday and from 9 AM to 4 PM on Saturdays and Sundays, without a lunch break. Businesses are serviced from 9 AM to 4 PM on Monday through Friday. Within the nearest future, the branch network of SKB-Bank in

Evrazruda JSC (part of Evraz Group) has been giving overhaul to the gigs located in the Main Groove of its Kazskiy subsidiary. The first stage of the overhaul (fixing the hoist drum of No. 1 gig) has been completed this week. Siberia Ltd. of Novokuznetsk, the general contractor, replaced the worn-out parts of the drum (that happens to be the major element of the lifting device) and fortified the metalwork. The second stage of the overhaul, to be given to No. 2 gig, is scheduled for September. It is expected to last for 2 months and should become really unique, as this is going to be the

Vysokogorsky Ore Mining and Processing Enterprise JSC (part of Evraz Group) started preparation works to launch some additional server-based networks and LANs at Yestyuninskaya mine and Vysokogorsky processing plant. So far, special ovens for server-based network equipment have been installed at the headgear of Yestyuninskaya mine. Since the mine is located at a considerable distance, the company has employed radio-relay communication instead of an expensive cable grooming, thus saving money and ensuring a more reliable connection. The introduction of a server-based network at Yestyuninskaya

Irbinsky branch of Evrazruda JSC (part of Evraz Group) started developing Novy-2 patch in view of the forthcoming depletion of Novy-1 patch. The patches are located within .5 km away of each other. Together, they form the so-called Small Open Pits of Burluksky ore deposit. By the November 2006, the reserves of Novy-1 patch will have been extracted completely. By then, the company is to build trenches, a road to the pit, and a lip trench, carry the equipment from Novy-1 over to Novy-2 and construct a 6-kilovolt power line to supply the outfit with electricity. This was reported by Evrazruda

The commodity output of Metallurgical Works of Asha JSC came to 701.910m RUR worth of goods in July 2006. The company produced 49,946 tons of steel and 39,708 tons of rolled metal. Plate iron export volume amounted to 4,459 tons. The company also produced 7,484 kilograms of amorphous tape and 189,533 magnetic conductors. The information was reported to UrBC representative by the spokesperson for Metallurgical Works of Asha JSC.

In July 2006, Uraltrac Ltd. produced 458.04m RUR worth of commodity goods that amounts to 95% of the target figures. Within the past month, the company produced 148 engineer vehicles worth 277.746m RUR including 19 tractors, 16 pipe-laying cranes (40% of the target figures), and 124 ripper-dozer units (97.6% of the target figures). The total shipments came to 623.89m RUR in money terms (95.6% of the target figures). The company sold 163 engineer vehicles worth 365.905m RUR, including 142 tractors and T-10-based units. The information was reported to UrBC representative by Uraltrac

The Technical Committee of SevUralBauxiteRuda (SUBR) JSC considered four improvement suggestions last Friday. The first proposal had to do with modifying the cells of the gig operating at -860 meters in Little Red Riding Hood mine. The idea belongs to Deputy Winning Director of No. 14 mine V. Martynov and has already been implemented in the construction of the cells, which saved the company 168,000 RUR and caused no technological complications. The second suggestion was made by Power Engineer of Kalyinskaya mine I. Kazantsev, who presented the updated version of current-collecting roller for

The company has produced 536 tons of potassium dichromate and 3,479 tons of chromic oxide within January to July 2006, with 551.2 million RUR worth of consumer produce, reports the spokesperson for Ferroalloy Works of Kluychevsk JSC and Russian Chrome 1915 CJSC.

Since the beginning of the year, Uraltrac Ltd. has produced 3.113 billion RUR worth of goods. The plant also produced 961 engineer vehicles worth 1,793,867,000 RUR, including 145 tractors, 54 pipelayers, and 745 ripper-dozer units. The plant shipped 3,667,110,000 RUR worth of goods and sold 968 engineer vehicles worth 2,138,493,000 RUR, including 901 tractors and T-10-based units and 52 ripper-dozers, the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative.

The carrier has performed 5,475 flights since the beginning of 2006, which exceeds the records for 2005 by 16%. 3,668 flights were domestic ones, 469 flights were bound for the cities of the NIS, 600 flights were international charter ones, and 679 flights were regular international ones. 71.6% of the seats were actually occupied. Over 100 bilateral cooperation flights have been performed in Yekaterinburg so far, reports the spokesperson for Ural Airlines.

Yekaterinburg Electrical Network Company JSC has been testing high-voltage equipment of its substations. To date, 80% of 110-kilovolt substations and 60% of 35-kilovolt substations have passed the test. The results of testing Kuybyshevskaya, Nizhne-Isetskaya, Botanicheskaya, Bratskaya, Uktus, Beregovaya and VIZ substations have driven the company to replace 110-kilovolt entrances and 35-kilovolt potential transformers at the mentioned substations. This was reported to UrBC representative by the spokesperson for Yekaterinburg Electrical Network Company Ltd.

In July 2006, the turnover of Ural Regional Currency Exchange exceeded 125.4bn RUR. The foreign currency turnover of the Exchange amounted to 24.1bn RUR, embracing US dollar transactions turnover of $820.4m and Euro transactions turnover of ?59.4m. The government-paper turnover reached the point of 2.8bn RUR. The corporation securities turnover amounted to 87.8bn RUR. This was reported by Ural Regional Currency Exchange.

Evrazruda JSC (part of Evraz Group) announced the results of a corporate proficiency contest in the second quarter of 2006. The best company’s underground winning subdivision is Abakansky branch, whose production output and labour productivity indices came to 101.7% and 103.6% of the target figures, respectively. The contest of open pits and processing plants was won by Abagursky branch, with its production output and labour productivity indices amounting to 101.53% and 106% of the target figures, respectively. The ‘best among professionals’ honorary title was awarded to 22 shaftmen,

Former Deputy General Director for Production of Ruslich, an ironworks, Andrei Palun was appointed Executive Director of Concrete Goods Plant of Pervouralsk, Sverdlovsk Region.

Uraltrac Ltd. produced 458,040,000 RUR worth of goods in July 2006, which falls short of the planned figure by 5%. The plant also produced 148 engineer vehicles worth 277,746,000 RUR, including 19 tractors, 16 pipelayers (40% of the planned amount), and 124 ripper-dozer units (97.6% of the target figure). In July 2006, the plant shipped 623,890,000 RUR worth of goods (which falls short of the target sales record by 4.4%) and sold 163 engineer vehicles worth 365,905,000 RUR, including 142 tractors and T-10-based units and 13 ripper-dozers, the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative.