Chelyabinsk-Stroyindustriya Manufacturing Commercial Enterprise Ltd. (part of ChelSI) building materials producer of Chelyabinsk, produced 3.5 million tons of rock products in 2005. Thus, the enterprise produced 2.3 million tons of crushed stone, 1.1 million tons of macadam-sand mixture, 395,000 tons of asphalt, 40,000 cubic meters of concrete, 120,000 square meters of paving slabs, 100,000 square meters of curbing, 130,000 fencing units, 200,000 face wall bricks, 300,000 masonry units, 10 kilometers of gutter, reports ChelSI spokesperson.

‘We are going to resume production within the next few days’, Lyubov Slepukhina, Production Manager of Yuzhno-Uralsky Spirtovo-Vodochny Zavod Ltd. (vodka distillery of Southern Urals located in the town of Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Region) said to UrBC representative. In January 2006, Russian spirituous liquors producers, unable to acquire new federal excise duty stamps, had to suspense their operations. ‘At the moment, our vodka distillery is completing the bank guarantee for the new duty stamps. In addition, we are about to finish putting into operation the barcode equipment. So, regardless of

Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya JSC, tube and pipe producer, allotted their third issue of debenture bonds with the total face value of 5 billion RUR on February 21, 2006. The bonds were allotted via Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MMVB Stock Exchange) in the course of an open auction aimed at determining the interest rate coming from the first warrant. 130 investor applications were presented altogether, the total demand coming to 7,745.505 million RUR with first warrant interest rate ranging from 7.70% to 8.15% a year. Most applications fell into the 7.9% to 8.0% bids. The

Ural car factory has recently gone through an auditing procedure which took four days. The executives of Moscow-based InterCertifica-TUF, on behalf of German ТUV-CERT, the major certificating authority, examined the factory and stated that the company’s management system was in full compliance with the international norms ISO 9001 of the year 2000, the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative.

Vanadium, the ore mining and processing enterprise of Kachkanar, has recently paid dividends for the nine months of 2005. According to the decision made at the extraordinary general meeting, the total value of dividends coming from the company’s shares amounted to 4,498,360,888.56 RUR, the dividends per share coming to 11.78 RUR. It was also decided that the dividends should be fully paid off before February20, 2006. The total value of the dividends actually paid came to 4,496,941,575.20 RUR, the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative.

According to the date presented by Sverdlovsk Region Energy Committee, Makovskiy food enterprise Ltd. will raise meat prices by the average of 13% starting March 1, 2006. Tallinskaya smoked sausage, for example, will cost 134 RUR per kilo instead of the earlier 122 RUR, Krakovskaya kind will jump to 140 RUR from the previous 128 RUR, Lipetskaya variety will be sold at 116 RUR instead of 105 RUR, Doctorskaya boiled sausage will go up from 120 RUR to 135 RUR, Molochnaya variety will go up from 119 RUR to 134 RUR per kilo, Russkaya variety – from 120 to 135 RUR. As for the slightly more upmarket

Magnesite Industrial Complex (part of Magnesite Group Holding) is going to receive the new Swiss press rigging equipment in April 2006. The corresponding agreement was signed between the company’s hi-tech center and GALIKA AG of Switzerland. As Magnesite Group spokesperson said to UrBC representative, the project is going to cost 76 million RUR, covering the setting up of their own production line (to be completed in 2008) and its further maintenance. The first tangible results are expected to be seen early in 2007. The project’s economic sustainability is such that it may actually pay off

Okami Motors trade center sold 241 cars in January 2006, of which 154 were Hyundai ones and 87 – Mitsubishi models, the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative. These sales figures indicate a decrease of 35.73% compared to December 2005. ‘The reasons for this are, most likely, the winter holidays and the traditional lapse in the buying activity until mid-January,’ the spokesperson explained. Hyundai Getz, Hyundai Tucson, Hyundai Accent, and Mitsubishi Lancer were in the greatest demand last month, with sales figures coming to 13.3%, 12%, 25.3% and 25.6% of the total sales turnover,

Ufaleynickel JSC, regional nickel maker, assembled and put into operation the new shifting chute to be used in the company’s Raw Processing and Furnace Charge Preparation Department, the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative. The chute will help transfer ore from the Department to the melting workshop. Its particular handiness consists in providing the uninterrupted ore supply even when the main chute is under renovation or repair.

Chelyabinsk-Stroyindustriya Manufacturing Commercial Enterprise Ltd. (part of ChelSI) building materials producer of Chelyabinsk, produced 3.5 million tons of rock products in 2005. Thus, the enterprise produced 2.3 million tons of crushed stone, 1.1 million tons of macadam-sand mixture, 395,000 tons of asphalt, 40,000 cubic meters of concrete, 120,000 square meters of paving slabs, 100,000 square meters of curbing, 130,000 fencing units, 200,000 face wall bricks, 300,000 masonry units, 10 kilometers of gutter, reports ChelSI spokesperson.

‘We are going to resume production within the next few days’, Lyubov Slepukhina, Production Manager of Yuzhno-Uralsky Spirtovo-Vodochny Zavod Ltd. (vodka distillery of Southern Urals located in the town of Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Region) said to UrBC representative. In January 2006, Russian spirituous liquors producers, unable to acquire new federal excise duty stamps, had to suspense their operations. ‘At the moment, our vodka distillery is completing the bank guarantee for the new duty stamps. In addition, we are about to finish putting into operation the barcode equipment. So, regardless of

The executives of Uralskiy Turbinniy Zavod (Ural Turbine Works) CJSC presented the specialists of Indonesia’s leading state enterprises Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN, dealing in state-wide gas supplies) and Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN, electricity supplier) the TGU-11 expansion gas turbine with the capacity of 11 megawatt. This took place in Jakarta at the beginning of the year. ‘The turbine was developed by the works’ employees as early as the 1990s, yet it is only going to become more and more necessary as new opportunities spring up for electricity production. Even though there are strict

Director of German InterMedico GmbH Andre Kohl has recently visited Yekaterinburg to hold a number of meetings. The German enterprise InterMedico GmbH deals in developing construction projects for medical establishments and can carry out the full building and equipment procedures as well as provide technical maintenance afterwards. The company’s priorities have to do with cancer and heart disease treatment clinics, prenatal diagnostics and perinatal childcare. At the meeting with Governor of Sverdlovs Region Eduard Rossel, Mr Kohl noted that he would like to introduce German management styles

Chelyabenergosbyt JSC, the electricity supplier of Chelyabinsk, cut off the municipal hauler Chelyabgortrans due to electricity debts on February 15, 2006. Last week, most of the hauler’s buildings, warehouses and workshops in Sverdlovskiy highway, Kopeyskoye highway and Artilleriyskaya St. had no access to electricity whatsoever. On February 20, having failed to hear from Chelyabgortrans management, the electricity supplier proceeded with further cut-offs and introduced limited supplies from 10 AM to 4 PM daily at the traction substations №№ 46 and 23. As the company’s spokesperson said to

Optomechanical Works of Yekaterinburg Federal State Unitary Enterprise will be taking part in the Russian National Exhibition in Baku, Azerbaijan, throughout February 21 to February 24, 2006. The Works is going to exhibit a range of civil produce such as satellite systems, traffic lights and geodesic equipment. Besides, there is going to be a presentation on the plant’s medical equipment, namely, infant incubator, defibrillator, phytotherapy exciter, biochemical analyzer and a number of other appliances. The exhibition is targeted at promoting Russian export produce on the Azerbaijan market

VympelCom JSC, part of Beeline, is not going to buy businesses of mobile operators in Sverdlovsk Region, PR Manager Dmitry Chebykin said to UrBC representative. ‘We do not see any real opportunities for the regional operators to build up their share of the market and therefore for the so-called G3 (Megafon, Beeline, MTS) to lose theirs. The way we see it, it is easier to invest in a particular subsidiary working within a big company. The current operating mode allows us to customize our offers to the particular region’s needs,’ Mr Chebykin said.

South Ural Mortage Loan Agency JSC summed up its achievements in January 2006. According to the company’s spokesperson, over 250 people consulted the agency’s specialists in January 2006, 119 of whom passed the crediting committee audit successfully and were admitted as potential borrowers. The banks which cooperate with the agency provided 40 mortgage loans worth 20 million RUR (cf 26 loans worth 9,877,000 RUR a year earlier). The agency also issued 16 loans worth 6,350,000 RUR and bought 47 mortgage deeds worth 23,900,000 RUR from the banks (cf 20 deeds worth 7,690,000 RUR in January 2005).

Sverdlovskenergosbyt JSC, electricity supplier of Yekaterinburg, set consumption limits on Electrical Networks of Shabrov Ltd. and Foundry of Kamensk-Uralskiy JSC due to debts. The debt of Electrical Networks of Shabrov Ltd. has come to 92 million within the last two years, the debt of Foundry of Kamensk-Uralskiy comprised 2 million in January 2006. Still, Sverdlovskenergosbyt JSC is not violating the agreements and actually is meeting its supplying liabilities in full: it can only cover the production and delivery costs with the money the customers pay for it.

The repair of pipe furnace № 1 is currently carried out at the burning shop of Ufaleynickel JSC, regional nickel maker. As the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative, the repair will provide for the uninterrupted and efficient performance of the furnace and will also help prevent emergency shutdowns. The repair works will include replacement of lining, bunker, and fire-resistant segments. After the completion of these, the furnace will be immediately put into operation.

‘In 2005, the total of our insurance contributions exceeded 350 million RUR, whereas our premium payments came to 132 million RUR. The property and liability insurance have the biggest ratios to the insurance portfolio (80% and 10% respectively)’ the spokesperson for Express Garant stock life insurance company said to UrBC representative. ‘The insurance contributions for land transport comprised 50% of all the insurances, with the unprofitableness coming to 65%. The insurance unprofitableness of natural persons in this category comprises 52%, that of legal entities is 70%,’ the spokesperson