Metallurgical Industrial Complex of Nizhniy Tagil (part of Evraz Group) has recently introduced the School of Managing Director. There has been selected a group of special students who are actually the company’s middle level managers to be trained in order to get top managerial qualifications. The members of this team were selected on the basis of special tests and references provided by the leading experts and departmental directors. This training workshop came to be known as the School of Managing Director. Over the next two years, these potential top executives will have to master the top

The authorized capital of South Ural Mortgage Lending Agency is expected to go up by 500m RUR, according to the decision made at Chelyabinsk Region Government meeting today. As First Deputy Governor Vladimir Dyatlov explains, the performance of the agency is a crucial factor in stabilizing the real estate market in some cities and areas of the Region. Raising their authorized capital will make it possible to build up the agency’s area of operation up to 31 regional municipal districts, instead of the current 21 districts.

According to the Central Bank of Russia, the volume of loans given by Credit Ural Bank to sole traders despite overdraft account has gone down by 97.60159% (from 95.605m RUR to 3.293m RUR) in January-September 2006.

Chelyabinsk Electrode Plant is going to hold an extraordinary general meeting on January 23, 2007 The points on the agenda include approval of the new edition of the company’s Charter and of the Provision on the company’s sole executive body. The shareholders will also consider the early termination of powers of the Board of Directors, electing the new Board and the new inspection committee.

The representatives of Metallurgcial Industrial Complex of Nizhniy Tagil (part of Evraz Group), of the town council and of the regional healthcare bodies took part in the preliminary examination of the division of Eye Microsurgery, one of Russia’s best eye clinics, in Nizhniy Tagil. The construction began in January 2006 and was fully financed by Evraz Group. This was part of the project referred to as Tagil Is Our Home developed by Evraz to support the regions where its enterprises operate. The Tagil division of Eye Microsurgery is located right in the centre of the town (Lenin Ave.) This is

Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Eduard Rossel hosted the group of Hungarian officials headed by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Hungary to Russia Sekei Arpad on November 15, 2006. In the course of the meeting the Governor emphasized the fact that Sverdlovsk Region was interested in setting up a Hungarian trade house and a consulate in the mid-Urals. The two parties’ cooperation in the field of energy-saving technologies, construction, production of medicines and medical equipment and tourism would be very fruitful. The plant of Uraltransmash has everything

According to the Central Bank of Russia, the volume of call loans given by UralTransBank to natural persons has gone down by 59.4% (from 659m RUR to 267m RUR) over ten months of 2006.

According to the Central Bank of Russia, the volume of deposits and other investments placed by non-resident natural persons with Credit Ural Bank for a term of 181 days to 1 year has gone down by 79.245284% (from 371,000 RUR to 77,000 RUR) over the nine months of 2006.

According to the Central Bank of Russia, the volume of deposits and other investments placed by natural persons with Uglemetbank for a term of 91 to 180 days has gone down by 3.054955% (from 37.931m RUR to 35.116 RUR) over the nine months of 2006.

The authorized capital of South Ural Mortgage Lending Agency is expected to go up by 500m RUR, according to the decision made at Chelyabinsk Region Government meeting today. As First Deputy Governor Vladimir Dyatlov explains, the performance of the agency is a crucial factor in stabilizing the real estate market in some cities and areas of the Region. Raising their authorized capital will make it possible to build up the agency’s area of operation up to 31 regional municipal districts, instead of the current 21 districts.

A new container terminal of Euro-Asian Transportation and Logistics Center was introduced in Sverdlovsk Region. This is the first such facility of twenty units owned by the Center, adjacent to Sverdlovsk-Tovarnaya railway station and equipped with Italian hoisting cranes; it can use 2 railways and 17 platforms. A station for empty containers waiting to be loaded with freight will be set up there soon. The terminal is meant to service the north direction of Sverdlovsk Region Railways (to the towns of Nizhniy Tagil, Serov, Khanty-Mansisysk Autonomous Region); it is also expected to cover 30% of

33 employees of Metallurgical Industrial Complex of Nizhniy Tagil (part of Evraz Group) are going to take part in the professional skills competition called The Best Young Worker of Evraz. The competition is held by the company in order to give the personnel a chance for self-expression as well as to make the blue-collar jobs more prestigious. Over 100 young employees of Russian metallurgical and ore mining enterprises that belong to Evraz Group participate in the competition every year. The winners are awarded with special certificates and impressive remunerations. The tour devoted to

MegaFon Ural, the mobile phone operator, reports that due to some technical improvements it has managed to raise the quality of coverage in the town of Sukhoy Log and in some districts of Yekaterinburg, namely, in Yugo-Zapadniy (Togliatti St.-Belorechenskaya St.), VIZ (Zavodskaya St.), and Yunost stadium.

Vanadium Ore Mining and Processing Enterprise (part of Evraz Group) completed the assembling of their new Cavex-Warman hydrocyclone unit made in the UK. The unit was acquired and assembled within the framework of upgrading the ore pretreatment technology program; the emphasis is laid upon the replacement of obsolete equipment. The new machine has been installed at technological station 20 of the processing shop. This is an experimental department of the shop, equipped with the modern separator with increased magnetic induction. The testing of this new hydrocyclone unit is expected to take

According to the Central Bank of Russia, the volume of loans given by UralTransBank to natural persons for a term of 1 to 3 years has gone down by 100% (from 518,893,000 RUR to a zero) over the ten months of 2006.

The regional and federal authorities commented upon the antisocial actions of Koltsovo airport management that led to a delay of Ural Airlines morning flight to Moscow and inconvenienced 250 passengers on November 13, 2006. Sverdlovsk Region Government was quick to respond: it has already issued a provision that classes the actions of the airport management and staff as ‘violating the legislation of the aviation branch’ and ‘contradicting the state policy on mergers of carriers aimed at enhancing the flight safety.’ The regional authorities suggested that Koltsovo airport restore the

According to the Central Bank of Russia, the volume of deposits and other investments placed by natural persons in Uglemetbank for a term of 91 to 180 days has gone down by 3.054955% (from 37.931m RUR to 35.116m RUR) over the nine months of 2006.

Official delegation from the Republic of Hungary is going to visit Chelyabinsk Region on November 16-17, 2006. The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Hungary to Russia Arpad Sekei heads the group. Among the delegates are the mayor of Debrecen, the deputy of the house Kosza Layosz, Envoy Extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, head of Hungarian trade mission in Russia Pal Syuch and some others. The Hungarian officials are going to meet acting Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Andrei Kosilov and Mayor of Chelyabinsk Mikhail Yurevitch as well as visit the South Ural

Estyuninskaya mine of Vysokogorskiy Ore Mining and Processing Enterprise (part of Evraz Group) repaired the major elements of the equipment used for transporting ore from the lower levels of the mine. These repairs should help the miners avoid any breakdowns and reduce the time wasted while the equipment is being fixed. In order to make sure all the ore is crushed regularly and reliably, the company’s workers fixed the jawbreaker located at -253 meters; the employees of the general contractor restored the skip hoist responsible for crushing magnetite and delivering it onto the surface. Most

According to the Central Bank of Russia, the volume of deposits and other investments placed by natural persons in UralTransBank for a term of 31 to 90 days has gone down by 90.6% (from 44.248m RUR to 4.148m RUR) throughout January to October 2006.