Chelyabinsk subsidiary of Russian Federal Property Fund announced the results of the auction aimed at selling the share holding of Magnitogorskiy Kranoviy Zavod JSC. 1,821 shares (14.1% of the company’s authorized capital) had been put up to auction; TyazhmashComplex Ltd. outbid its rivals by offering 10.122m RUR (the opening bid was 9.640m RUR).

Chelyabinsk is going to hold the Ural Industry and Economics Week from the 11th to the 14th of April with emphasis on metallurgy, (metallurgical) machine building, metal processing, welding, tools, and industrial ecology. Magnesite Group is to present its stand in the Ferrous Metallurgy section of the exhibition. A meeting with Chairman Vladimir Dunaev is scheduled, too. The company executives will be present to promote cooperation, information gathering and help. They are to give updates on the production potential and supplies of hi-tech refractory goods as well as on the set of engineering

Chelindbank is going to hold a general meeting on May 26, 2006. The points on the agenda include confirmation of the annual report, balance sheet, profit and loss accounts for 2005, and P & L distribution, including distribution of profits for 2005, and electing the inspection committee. The shareholders will also be presented with a report on the growth of the company’s authorized capital via allotment of extra shares.

Board of Directors of Sukholozhsky Zavod VtorichnykhTsvetnykh Metallov JSC (Sukholozhsky shop of secondary non-ferrous metals) has decided to hold annual stockholders meeting on May 19, 2006. The meeting agenda contains confirmation of the company’s annual report and accounting statements for 2005, including P& L report and the question of distribution of profits and losses according to the results of the fiscal year. The meeting will also announce dividend rates, elect members of Returning Board, the company’s Board of Directors and the inspection commission. There will also be approved

Anna Zhilinskaya is appointed CEO of Yuzhnouralsky Armaturno-Izolyatorny Zavod JSC (Reinforcement and insulators producer of Yuzhnouralsk), the company’s PR-department reports. The former CEO, Danil Platonov, is taken on to the top-management crew of Vysokovoltny Zavod which is a member of YuNAKO holding as well as Yuzhnouralsk plant. Anna Zhilinskaya graduated from the Academy of Labour and Social Relations. Since 1996, she has successively worked at Yuzhnouralsky Armaturno-Izolyatorny Zavod as accountant, Deputy Head and Head of Economic Planning Department, Deputy Head and Head of a

Chelyabinsk subsidiary of Russian Federal Property Fund announced the results of the auction organized with the aim of selling the shares of Chelyabinskiy Kladokombinat # 1 JSC (dealing in frozen stuffs). 28,698 shares had been put up to auction (51% of the company’s authorized capital). The highest bid was offered by sole trader Mr V. Kireev who bid 68.7m RUR (the opening bid was 31.2m RUR).

Assets of Snezhinskiy JSC came to 3,682,035,000 RUR in April 2006. The fluctuations for the first three months of the year comprised 13.76% (+445,477,000 RUR). At the beginning of the year, the figures were 3,236,558,000 RUR.

Throughout January to March, the company stored and processed 110,000 tons of ferrous scrap metal (an increase of 83% against 2005), the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative. Eight new storing and processing facilities were introduced in Kurgan, Chelyabinsk, and Sverdlovsk Regions as well as in Tatarstan. The total capacity of these facilities is 105,000 tons. Samaravtormet, Samara Region’s largest scrap metal processor, joined the enterprise in the beginning of the year, raising the total capacity of CHTPZ-Meta CJSC to 645,000 tons. The corporate strategic development program

Chelyabinsk subsidiary of Russian Federal Property Fund announced the results of the auction aimed at selling the share holding of Magnitogorskiy Klebokombinat JSC. 7,697 shares (51% of the company’s authorized capital) could be bought. Prazdnik Vkusa Ltd. outbid its rivals by offering 9m RUR.

N.A. Semikhatov Scientific Production Association of Yekaterinburg has recently presented the new Priborostroyeniye technological park project, including the structure and would-be participants. The Association would offer 8,000 square meters for rent as the company is interested in the best possible use of its spacial facilities, says Chief Engineer Viktor Ionov. The prospective clients include VIP CJSC (producing microelectronic sensors, strain converters, and pressure meters), Technosvyaz CJSC (producing circuit boards), and Crate CJSC (producing heat and electricity meters).

Chelyabinsk bakery foods complex # 1 is going to hold the annual meeting on April 27, 2006. The points on the agenda include confirmation of the company’s financial activity in 2005, P & L distribution, electing the Board members and the inspection committee as well as the company’s auditor. The shareholders will also have to approve of the amendments to the company’s Charter.

Nizhetagilsky Metallurgichesky Kombinat JSC (NTMK, Metallurgical Industrial Complex of Nizhny Tagil), member of Evraz Group, is completing construction of blast furnace No. 5. According to the company’s PR-department, the furnace is to be set into operation before the end of the year. The rebuilt blast furnace No. 5 will produce about 1.7m tons of cast iron annually. At the moment, the furnace construction is at the stage of mounting air-blowing filters (70% of operations completed). The filters are 1.5 times more powerful than those mounted at the blast-furnace No. 6 that complies with

According to Territorial Office of Rospotrebnadzor (Russian State Consumer Rights Surveillance Agency), only 625 of 993 businesses located in Yekaterinburg arranged any medical checkups for their personnel during 2005. Only 64.2% of Yekaterinburg employees liable to medical checkups within 2005 really underwent them. In the course of medical checkups, 74 employees were found suffering from diseases caused by their professional activities. The worst professional medical surveillance situation was recorded at Zheleznodorozhny and Chkalovsky Districts of Yekaterinburg, where systematic medical

According to the repair schedule of Troitskaya State District Power Plant, the maintenance works began at the 2-A boiler of the first boiler-and-turbine shop. During the maintenance works, the defective spots at the boiler-heating surface are to be replaced in accordance with the metallographers’ recommendations. The maintenance works are to be executed by the contractor Troitskenergoremont CJSC. The expected result is an increase in the boiler’s efficiency and its fuel economy. The maintenance works will have been completed by the end of April 2006. According to PR-department of Troitskaya

‘Within 2005, Chelyabinsk branch of LUKOIL-Uralnefteproduct Ltd. sold 507,132 tons of oil products (an increase of 11% against the previous year’s figures). The after-tax sales proceeds came to 7,798m RUR. The company’s share of the oil products retail market comes to 25.1%,’ the spokesperson for Chelyabinsk branch of LUKOIL-Uralnefteproduct Ltd. said to UrBC representative. ‘The total number of LUKOIL filling stations located within Chelyabinsk Region is 102. The company’s Chelyabinsk branch is also in charge of Chelyabinskaya, Magnitogorskaya and Zlatoustovskaya petroleum storage depots and

STROMI JSC is going to hold annual meeting on April 28, 2006. The points on the agenda include summing up the company’s financial success in 2005, P & L distribution, electing the Board members, the inspection committee and the company’s auditor.

Uralvagonzavod-Finance Ltd. paid interest on the first bond coupon of the series 02. The interest was paid on 3m interest-bearing documentary non-convertible bearer bonds, each having the face value of 1,000 RUR and maturity date of 1826th day from the offering date. The bond issue has the state registration number 4-02-36063-R dd. August 30, 2005. The first bond coupon interest rate is approved by the GD of Uralvagonzavod-Finance by the order No. 3 dd. October 5, 2005. The total amount of interest to be paid came to 139,860,000 RUR (the interest rate is 9.35% per annum). The interest to be

This week, Vadim Ohanov officially became GD of Energogenie Ltd. after the corresponding decision had been made at the top-management meeting. Mr Ohanov has held some leading posts in the field of power engineering, industrial and economic activity, technology management and production. His last position was that of Commercial Director of Transportnaya Setevaya Kompaniya Ltd., a transport network company. The new appointment is not going to affect the company’s general strategy: Energogenie will keep working as usual and meet its customers’ demands as well as keep on developing the chain of

On April 5, 2006, Oleg Danchenko is going to succeed Viktor Videneev as GD of the chemical company. Mr Videneev, who has been GD since 2005, is leaving for Oil and Gas Systems Production Association Ltd. (Moscow partner of Kurganhimmash). Mr Danchenko is former Director of Saint Petersburg Hardware Plant CJSC.

Quality management system of Vanadium ore mining and processing enterprise passed an inspection auditing of adequacy to ISO 9001-2000 requirements. According to Vanadium PR-department, it is the first inspection auditing of the company, since it obtained its international quality system certificate in March 2005. The company’s compliance with the standards was audited by the auditing group of Eurocert-Ural certification body. The group consisted of 4 members. Each of the 21 company’s subdivisions was checked against the international quality standard requirements. On the basis of the auditing