Sergey Eysmont

BaselCement' produces cement, aggregate, lime, bentonite clay powder. In 2007 'BaselCement' produced 470 thousand tons of cement, 101 thousand tons of building lime. In 2008 the Company will produce 1,400 thousand tons of cement, 1,730 thousand tons of aggregate, 120 thousand tons of construction lime, 40,600 tons of bentonite clay powder. The Company is planning to increase production volumes considerably and to start production of concrete, glass and sand. The assets of 'BaselCement' are: 'Sastobe-Cement' (Kazakhstan; cement, lime), 'Achinsk Cement' (Krasnoyarsk Territory; cement), Pikalyovo Alumina Refinery (Leningrad region; alumina, cement, lime), Uglovsky Lime Factory (Novgorod region; lime), AST (North Ossetia-Alania; aggregate), Khakassky Bentonite (Khakassia; bentonite clay powder). In 2006-2007 'BaselCement' reconstructed and put into operation idle cement plants 'Achinsk Cement' and 'Sastobe-Cement'. 'Sastobe-Cement' increased its one-line production up to 450 thousand tons of cement per year. In 2008 'Achinsk Cement' is to produce 1,082 thousand tons of cement on two lines and in 2009 the plant capacity will be increased up to 2,100 thousand tons of production per year. 'BaselCement' is reconstructing and converting Pikalyovo Alumina Refinery (Leningrad region) for cement production. At the same time three new cement plants are being constructed in Ryazan and Novgorod regions as well as in Krasnodar Territory. The first new cement plant of 'BaselCement', 'Serebryansky Cement Plant' (Ryazan region, dry-mix process of cement production) - is going to be launched at the end of 2009 - early 2010. BaselCement' Company focuses on the long-term development program within its strategic interests, basing on understanding of market demand and on the personnel professional experience. Its corporate strategy is aimed at creating a vertically-integrated structure of construction materials production. Priority business lines are cement production and aggregates procurement. According to these plans LLC 'BaselCement' is currently fulfilling large investment projects aimed at construction and recovery of upstream and process assets in many regions of Russia: Ryazan, Archangelsk regions, Republic Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk and Krasnodar Territories and in Kazakhstan. BaselCement' company established a joint venture together with a European company 'Strabag SE'. Being a partner to such a company will allow to implementing the acquired long-term experience in construction and exploitation of housing and industrial facilities. LLC 'BaselCement' creates business that meets interests of Russian economy in terms of providing national programs with contemporary high-quality materials, increasing tax payments, level of life and creating new working positions.