Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Industrial Complex JSC accumulated 52.365 million RUR worth of debts in overdue bills payable by March 31, 2006; their total bills payable come to 7,016,635,000 RUR, the company’s spokesperson says.

In the first quarter of 2006, the company produced 67,868,000 tons of ferrosilicon, 82,046 tons of ferrochrome, 3,354 tons of silicon manganese, and 2,336 tons of silicocalcium. Their total sales proceeds came to 3,477,913,000 RUR, the net profit in January to March 2006 to 41.643 million RUR.