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2011.08.01 | ALL NEWS

NEWS OF WEEK

● Share of loss-makers in Belarus up to 10% as of Jun 1 

● Retirement pensions in Belarus to increase in August, November 

● Belarus’ average wage up 8.1% on month in June 2011 to Br1,782,900 

● Belarus’ CPI up 2.3% on 1-19 July, 39.3% since Jan 1 

METAL PRODUCTION

● Russia’s Lenenergo to appeal 25 mln rbl payment to Severstal 

● Russia’s MMK to offer 5 billion ruble 3-year bonds on July 26 

● Russia’s Severstal steel output up 5% on year in January–June 

● Severstal US unit inks deal on coal supplies to Hyundai Steel 

● NLMK unit to launch 1.4 bln rbl cold rolling mill in Oct–Dec 

● Court to mull Severstal 886 mln rbl claim vs 2 power compaies Aug 15 

FOREST AND WOODWORKING

● Russia’s forestry svc sees timber harvesting to increase 50% by 2020 

● Altayles to invest 2 bln rbl in Altai Region forest projects in ‘11–12 

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

● Ministry: Russia’s grain harvest at 27 million tonnes as of Wednesday 

● Russian court rules WBD, Allat formed price cartel in Bashkortostan 

● Russia’s Rusagro Group sugar output up 35% on yr in January–June 

● Russia’s Rusbiotekh to launch 7 bln rbl plant in Rostov Region 2013 

● Russia’s Rosagroleasing RAS net profit down 80.7% on year in 2010 

● Ministry sees Russia’s grain exports at 10 mln tonnes in Jul–Dec 

● Sverdlovsk Region governmentt to invest 25 bln rbl in agriculture 2012–2015 

● Agriculture minister sees Russia’s 2011 buckwheat harvest high, no price hikes 

● Medvedev: Government won’t cut support for agriculture industry after joining WTO 

● Russia’s Medvedev inks bills on government support in agricultural industry 

● Grain union: Deep grain processing to up grain consumption in Russia 

● Agriculture ministry may revise up Russia’s projected 2011 grain exports 

● Grain union revises Russia’s 2011 grain harvest forecast up 5% 

● Russia’s agriculture ministry to provide 6 bln rbl for regional projects 

● Russia mulls fully lifting EU vegetable ban given lack of outbreaks 

● Agriculture minister: Russia’s grain harvest at 17 million tonnes so far 

● PM: Russia may revise poultry, pork quotas after joining WTO 

● Watchdog to allow vegetable imports from Hungary, Italy Jul 25 

● Ministry wants cut of agriculture loan subsidies from Russian government 

● Russia’s Mortadel to take out 470 mln rbl loan from Sberbank in 2011 

● Investments in Russian agricultural engineering seen at 30 bln rbl by 2020 

● Watchdog mulls lifting vegetable ban for 9 more EU countries 

● Minister sees Russia’s meat output up 3.5% on year in 2011 

● Russia’s Mortadel launches 4 mln euro biogas plant in Vladimir Region 

● Invest in Volgograd Region agricultural project planned at 45 bln rbl by 2017 

● U.S. company Mol Corporation to buy Kommunarka shares 

● Belarus opens tender to distribute fish import quota for 2012 

● Dutch Campina interested in Belarusian dairy industry 

● Belarus’ Krinitsa brewery reports Jan-Jun beer output up 6.5%/yr to 7.116 mln decaliters 

● Belarus’ OJSC Olivaria beer output up 29.9%/yr in Jan-Jun 

● Cereals harvesting in full swing in Belarus