Annual report 2007 - Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works ...

December
1. A contract was signed for construction of a
coke oven battery with the Czech company VITKOVICE
HEAVY MACHINERY A.S.
2. The MMK Board of Directors passed a
resolution on creating a branch of the Company
in the Belgorod Region, which will implement the
Prioskolsky Iron Ore Deposit Development Project.
3. The city of Kolpino near Saint Petersburg
became the site of a ground breaking ceremony
for the construction of a plant which will produce
stamped parts for the automotive and white goods
sectors.
January 2008
1. MMK adopted an Environmental Programme
for the Period up to the Year 2015. The projected
expenditures will amount to USD 0.6 billion
approximately.
2. MMK started industrial application of a
comprehensive risk management system.
3. The Metallurg Ice Hockey Team won the
European Champion’s Cup and for the third time
became the best hockey team in Europe.
4. As part of Dmitry Medvedev’s visit to the
Urals Federal District a meeting took place for the
discussion of the Chelyabinsk Region’s environmental
problems. The meeting was attended by Victor
Rashnikov. Participants in the meeting expressed high
appreciation for the MMK’s efforts in reducing the
Company’s impact on the environment.
5. MMK and the Tsentrgiproruda Design Institute
signed a contract for the construction design of a iron
ore processing plant to be built at the Prioskolsky Iron
Ore Deposit.
February 2008
1. Vladimir Shmakov, MMK’s Vice President,
Boris Dubrovsky, MMK’s Managing Director, and
Andrei Morozov, member of the Russian Federation
State Duma, took part in the presentation of the
international project “Northern Countries’ Initiatives in
the Sphere of Quantum Material Science”. The goal of
the project is to promote cooperation of the research
and business communities of Russia, Germany,
Sweden and Holland in the spheres of physics,
chemistry and material science.
2. MMK won in the All-Russian Competition
“A Russian Organization of High Social Efficiency”
organized by the Ministry of Economic Development
and Trade and the Ministry of Healthcare and Social
Development. The company was awarded a diploma
in the category “Implementation of Social Programs”.
March 2008
1. MMK raised its stake in the Belon Coal Company
up to 41.3%.
2. Start of the construction of the MMK-Atakas
steel JV in Turkey. The ground-breaking ceremony
was attended by the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
Nasym Ekren, the Russian Ambassador in Turkey
Vladimir Ivanovsky, Chairman of the MMK Board of
Directors Victor Rashnikov and President of the Atakas
company Recep Atakas.