| Prime Minister Vladimir Putin inspected an alumina facility at Basel Cements Pikalyovo Alumina Refinery.Part 7 4 June 2009 Председатель Правительства Российской Федерации В.В.Путин провел совещание по вопросу "О ситуации на предприятиях г. Пикалево Бокситогорского района Ленинградской области". 04.06.2009 После совещания, на котором обсуждалась ситуация на предприятиях Пикалево, Председатель Правительства России В.В.Путин пообщался с жителями города. Премьер кратко рассказал им об итогах совещания Vladimir Putin: True, the problems of the complex emerged as early as 2006, with the bauxite price slump. The crisis only made things worse. But prerequisites for the present situation appeared long before, when the complex was divided into three parts. The most profitable plant, which produces cement and soda, was separated from it. That was like picking raisins out of a cake. Things became worse immediately. The production cycle was severed. The proprietors were busy bickering and fault-finding with each other instead of organising smooth teamwork. They left each other without raw materials, and destroyed the infrastructure while they should have all together thoroughly modernised the integrated industrial complex-which was the only reasonable thing to do. That would have allowed the company, if not to prevent this situation, at least to plan restructuring normally, and to think about the personnel. More than that, the Pikalyovo Alumina Refinery has major social obligations ... |