Tag Archives: Russia

Would the last person to leave the smelter please turn out the lights?

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Ruben Ramirez
For UC RUSAL, one simple act is crucial to reducing costs. Bonuses for managers at the world's largest aluminum company depend on the company's 75,000 workers heeding the message. Photo: A worker operates an electrolysis furnace, which produces aluminium from raw materials, at the electrolysis shop of the Rusal Krasnoyarsk aluminium smelter plant in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Reuters/Ilya Naymushin Join Discussion

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Of bees, bribes and bureaucrats

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Melissa Akin
Lebedev hit a personal low when the authorities asked him to produce a 100 page report on bee poo Join Discussion

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Moscow: The least worst place for your money

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Melissa Akin
Russia, one of the world's worst performing markets last year, may seem inhospitable to investors, but to investment bankers forced to tighten their belts, other places may be starting to look almost as bad. Join Discussion

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