Novolipetsk Iron & Steel Works (NLMK) and Zaporozhstal’s countermanding their 1.5 billion RUR worth or orders (nearly completed by the company already) turned out to be Uralmash Machine-Building Corporation’s major problem, the enterprise’s acting GD Vadim Dadyka explained at a governmental meeting targeted at supporting Sverdlovsk Region’s enterprises.

‘Our storehouses keep getting packed with half-finished and completed items, and our workers’ wages have gone down by 8,000 RUR to 9,000 RUR on average,’ he added.