Tube Works of Pervouralsk looks at its success in eight months of 2006

Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant and Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (ChTPZ Group’s largest tube and pipe manufacturers) supplied their consumers with 1,309,000 tons of tubular goods in the eight months of 2007, which is 18% better than in January-August 2006 when the figure only came to 1,111,000 tons. ChTPZ Group sold 717,500 tons of tubes and pipes in the eight months of the year, which exceeds the figures for a year earlier (that is, 611,900 tons) by 17%. These figures include a 26% increase in the amount of large-diameter pipes: it came to 401,300 tons compared with only 317,300 tons of LDPs in

Q1 2008 Results under Russian Accounting Standards Key Financial Highlights — Revenue increased by 21% to RUR 52,3 bln (RUR 43,1 bln in 1Q2007) — Operating income on the level of RUR 11,6 bln (RUR 11,7 bln in 1Q2007) — Net income (net of the effect of financial investments revaluation) grew by 2% to RUR 8,5 bln (RUR 8,4 bln in 1Q2007) Key Operational Highlights — Crude steel production up 14% to 3.6m tons compared to 1Q07 — Commercial steel products output increased 12% to 3.3 m tons (1Q2008 to 1Q2007) — A rise in product prices across the board compared to the end of 2007, including 22% for

Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant and Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (ChTPZ Group’s largest tube and pipe manufacturers) supplied their consumers with 1,758,000 tons of tubular goods in January-November 2007, which is 11% better than in January-November 2006 when the figure only came to 1,577,000 tons. ChTPZ Group sold 973,800 tons of tubes and pipes in the eleven months of the year, which exceeds the figures for a year earlier (that is, 877,200 tons) by 11%. These figures include an 18% increase in the amount of large-diameter pipes: it came to 546,300 tons compared with only 463,600 tons of LDPs

Ural Airlines’ experts came up with a report on the results of the air carrier’s activity in the first eight months of the year. The company’s press officer reports their passenger turnover rose by 21% compared to January-August 2007 and reached 1.02 million people. The carrier flew 197,600 passengers in August 2008 alone, which was 14% better than a year earlier and set the year’s record so far. The increase was the greatest among international travelers. The passenger turnover at international flights grew by 59% against January-August 2007, that at domestic flights dropped by 1%, and that

Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant and Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (ChTPZ Group’s largest tube and pipe manufacturers) supplied their consumers with 1.27 million tons of tubular goods in January-September 2008, which falls short of the figures for a year earlier by 13%. ChTPZ sold 675,800 tons of tubes and pipes in the nine months of the year, which falls short of the figures for a year earlier (that is, 803,800 tons) by 16%. These figures include a 28% drop in the amount of large-diameter pipes: this came to 319,800 tons compared with 444,000 tons of LDPs in January-September 2007. Chelyabinsk