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

‘Sbarro, the Italian fast food chain, is going to invest close to $600,000 in the local market in 2006, given that 2 restaurants are opened. The budget for 2007 hasn’t been finalized yet, but it’s likely to look like at least another $600,000 to 1 million,’ reports Director of Brothers and Co. Merab Elashvili. ‘Each project is expected to pay off within 2 years. The company’s strategy is very competitive and, despite the regional competition, the researches we have done and the analytical surveys carried out by our development and marketing specialists indicate that we would be welcome there.

Ural car factory of Miass, Chelyabinsk Region, is going to hold a meeting with the company dealers in order to assess their marketing success in 2005 and discuss the future strategy. As the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative, the other points on the agenda include the evaluation of Sales Department work in terms of selling Ural cars and their spare parts and setting the new goals. One more item concerns the pricing policy, and then there will be a discussion on dealer network development, service station requirements and the potential of the Russian truck market. The

Due to extremely cold weather in January 2006, Chelyabinskaya Ugolnaya Kompaniya JSC, Coal Company of Chelyabinsk, had to cut back on its coal production and thus fell behind. As the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative, the cold temperature also caused an inversion of Korkinskiy open-pit mine, the company’s flagship. This lead to a 15% backlog of work (compared to the monthly production plan). The total output of coal comprised 193,000 tons in January 2006, of which 129,000 tons (67%) were extracted from the mines. Korkinskiy mine and Section # 2 excelled the plan by 2% and 3%,

Ufaleynickel JSC keeps on upgrading its obsolete equipment, namely, the new Unico will replace the old KFK-2 photocolorimeters at the Analytical Department of the plant’s laboratory. As the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative, Unico is going to be used for ore, sewage and dross analysis aimed at finding the possible bits of nickel, iron and cobalt.

Metallurgical works of Magnitogorsk produced 120,900 tons of ore, 962,500 tons of agglomerate, 486,000 tons of coke, 838,100 tons of cast iron, 984,000 tons of steel and 903,700 tons of finished steel. 887,900 tons of metal production were produced. The company exceeded last year’s output figures by 12.2%. The export share fell by 3.6% (53.3% opposed t o last year’s 56.9%), the company’s spokesperson reports.

Chelyabinskiy Kompressorniy Zavod CJSC, compressor plant of Chelyabinsk, is going to hold a dealer meeting on February 17, 2006. According to the representatives of the Marketing Department, the meeting will begin with a presentation of the new equipment, namely, DEN-type compressor equipment with the electrical engine driving gear and KV diesel compressor plants. The other point on the agenda include the reports of the Germany’s ROTORCOMP representatives (the company deals in selling the plant’s spiral blocks) and reports by the representatives of DONALDSON Company ans SMS of Belgium; both

The Board of Directors of Uralskiy Asbestoviy Gorno-Obogatitelny Kombinat JSC, ore mining and processing enterprise of Asbest, Sverdlovsk Region, decided to schedule the general shareholder meeting for March 24, 2006. The points on the agenda include the approvals of the annual report and of the annual bookkeeper's record, ibcluding the company’s profit and loss statement for 2005. The other points concern allocation of profits made in 2005 and settlement of dividend payments. The shareholders also are to consider the company’s development strategy and the projected showing for 2006. The