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Date of report	Subject	Customers' evaluation *
22 apr. 2006	Nonferrous metallurgy in secret portfolio	5.0
28 nov. 2005	NorNickel - calm amid global price fluctuations	5.0
19 may. 2005	Russian lead market against the global background	4.5
3 feb. 2005	Russian aluminum flee abroad under a veil of vague statistics	4.5
9 jun. 2003	Russia’s nonferrous metallurgy in Q103: copper and nickel	4.4
28 may. 2003	Russia’s nonferrous metallurgy in Q103: general situation, RusAl and SUAL results	4.0
10 jan. 2003	Gold – metal or not?	4.3
8 oct. 2002	State of metal scraps market (Part II. Non-ferrous metals)	4.0
18 sep. 2002	State of non-ferrous metal market (Part II. Aluminum)	3.1
11 sep. 2002	State of non-ferrous metals market (Part I. Copper)	3.5
23 jul. 2002	Consumption of aluminum production – Part II: state of aluminum consuming sectors	4.0
19 jul. 2002	Aluminum consumption – Part I: current state of the world market	5.0
29 jun. 2002	Russian Refractory Production – Part II – Key Works	4.5
21 jun. 2002	Russian refractory production - Part I	3.8
22 may. 2002	Copper and aluminum: current state of the markets	4.3
24 apr. 2002	Russian Metals 2001: top non-ferrous CIS metal works review	4.0
23 apr. 2002	Titanium market: contemporary state	4.4
5 apr. 2002	Investments into the non-ferrous metal industry in 2001	2.5
27 mar. 2002	Zinc and lead: state of the world market	4.0
20 feb. 2002	Problems on aluminum market: myth or reality	4.5
20 feb. 2002	Non-ferrous metals in 2001: nickel - Part II	4.0
4 feb. 2002	Non-ferrous metals production in 2001 – Part I	4.0
10 jan. 2002	Copper production in the world and Russia - Part II	3.8
25 dec. 2001	Copper industry: world production – Part I	3.6
6 dec. 2001	Russia’s aluminum wire market: prospects	4.3
28 nov. 2001	Non-ferrous metals market in IV quarter 2001	5.0
26 oct. 2001	Nickel industry: Russian realities and forecasts - Part II	4.5
18 oct. 2001	Nickel industry, contemporary state - Part I	4.3
24 sep. 2001	Aluminum industry - Part 3: tendencies and prognoses	4.0
17 sep. 2001	Aluminum industry - Part 2: Russian and CIS countries	4.7
10 sep. 2001	Aluminum industry - Part 1: World market state	4.4
27 aug. 2001	Russian metal producers remain calm despite global non-ferrous metals price fall	5.0
31 jul. 2001	Natural monopolies are making for Russia's non-ferrous metal market slump	-
24 jul. 2001	July: the lowest prices at the non-ferrous metals market?	-
4 jul. 2001	Rare-earth metals: world prices and demand are going down	5.0
14 jun. 2001	Non-ferrous metals scrap exports: the matter is settled?	-
5 jun. 2001	Non-ferrous metals market: current situation	5.0
7 may. 2001	Non-ferrous market state: January-April 2001	5.0
10 apr. 2001	Non-ferrous metals market: stagnation is in progress	5.0
15 mar. 2001	Non-ferrous market: current state	-
12 mar. 2001	Non-ferrous metals price dynamics in February	2.0
27 feb. 2001	Discrediting campaign against Russian business has started?	-
13 feb. 2001	Non-ferrous metals price dynamics in January	5.0
12 feb. 2001	Non-ferrous metallurgy in Russia: 2000 totals	-
8 feb. 2001	Aluminium in Russia - advantages and disadvantages	4.3
22 jan. 2001	Ferrous and non-ferrous metal industries last year brief totals	2.8
16 jan. 2001	Copper and aluminum world market analysis	4.3

* five-point evaluation system