December 24, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

The Supervisory Board pf the State Corporation ROSNANO made a decision to participate in the implementation of the Ugra Government project, launched in 2003, for exploration of quartz resources of the Pre-Polar Urals, their processing and deliveries of high-purity production to enterprises of Russia and foreign countries.

Deputy Chairman of Ugra Government for investments and innovations Kirill Morozov said that while half a year experts of the ROSNANO made different technical and economic expertise s, held jointly with regional government two coordination councils and Board of the State Corporation. The decision was made - to participate in the quartz project - 1 billion 290 million rubles.

"For us it is a proof that the direction, chosen for the diversification of Ugra economy - development of the Pre-Polar Urals based on the project, aimed at producing high-purity quartz concentrate, got support of the State Corporation "Rosnanotecnologies", - said Kirill Morozov. "There has been signed and agreement about basic conditions of joint activities between Ugra Government, JSC "Polar Quatrz", State Corporation "Rosnanotecnologies" and JSC "Ural Industrial - Ural Polar". In accordance with that in 2010 we shall make a payment of equity issue of the "Polar Quartz". The construction of a plant in Nyagan will be continued. In accordance with the business-plan in 2016 we shall achieve the scope of production - over 10 ths. tons and will get revenues in the amount of about 2 billion rubles. As the project is a part of the mining cluster according to the regional Strategy of Development - 2020, the enterprise for preliminary preparation and processing of natural quartz was created in Ust-Puiv, Pre-Polar Urals. Our production is export-oriented by 80-90 %".

The total cost of the works to accomplish the construction of the first turn of the complex on high-purity quartz concentrate production with the designed capacity 7,5 ths. tons in 2013 will amount to 3 billion 965, 4 million rubles. To launch the second turn with the designed capacity of 10 ths. tons is expected to take place by the beginning of 2015.

The technology of high-purity quartz upgrading was developed in the USA at laboratories Quartz Technology Inc. (New-Jersey) and MRL of the North Carolina State University and then in Germany by the firm Dorfner Anzaplan. These researches resulted in the technological scheme of getting the concentrate from the Pre-Polar Urals quartz in accordance with standards IOTA Standard and IOTA-4. Russian enterprises JSC "Priroda" and "Aplied Chemistry", Laboratory K-2 and others participated in the development of the technology.

At present the JSC "Polar Quartz" attracting services of other organizations delivers production to JSC "Yuzhnouralski zavod "Crystal", 200 tons of high-upgraded concentrate to produce elements for solar batteries were purchased by Italian consumers. There have been concluded contracts with the companies Hereus (Germany) and Tatsumori (Japan) and some Russian enterprises.

December 24, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

Yesterday, on December 23, Governor of Ugra Alexander Filipenko participated in the joint meeting of the RF State Council and Council at the RF President for development of information society. The meeting was chaired by President of the Russian Federation Dmitri Medvedev.

There were considered issues, connected with the implementation of the project "E-Government" and priorities of information society development in our country in 2010-2011.

The head of the country put an ambitious goal: by 2015 it is necessary to transfer all services into e-services. In his opinion "it is a strategic direction of the society’s development".

To achieve this goal it is necessary to concentrate efforts on development of united approached and standards in rendering e-services, improvement of the legislation, overcoming inequality of regions in the sphere of information technologies and deficit of qualified users in the system of governance.

President emphasized that much depended on the will of regional governments: "Where the regional government is interested in doing something, there are changes. Wher the regional government thinks that life is difficult and no time for e-government - there no progress".

"I fully agree with President of the country. The governments are obliged to create all conditions to provide people with the opportunity to fulfill their civil rights. Shorter terms for providing services is very important for each person and it is possible using new solutions, automating processes and providing effective interdepartmental interaction. We are obliged to change ourselves, to modernize technologies in the shortest possible time, and first of all - in spheres which directly concern the population".

IT have been used in the sphere of governance for over 15 years. This work was honored many times on different levels. Ugra today is among the most advanced Russian regions in this sphere.