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  chiatura   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Chiatura is a city in Imereti region of Western Georgia.
It is inland and on the Kvirila River, and since 1879 is a major centre of manganese production in the Caucasus.
In Chiatura exists: Tsereteli State Theater, 10 schools, Faculty of the Georgian Technical University, Mgvimevi Cathedral (X-XI centuries).
www.yourencyclopedia.net /Chiatura.html   (121 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Residents of Chiatura (western part of Georgia) blame patrol police in dispersal of the demonstration by force in front of the State Chancellery in Tbilisi.
According to Nora Gogoladze, a resident of Chiatura and one of the organizers of manifestation, government used patrol police to disperse their small scale protest-action.
The living houses of population were damaged during the works on reproduction of magnum in Chiatura.
www.humanrights.ge /eng/720.shtml   (187 words)

  
 Fair Elections Web Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
CEC adopted an ordinance, according to which repeated majoritarian elections in Chiatura electoral district, which had been scheduled for March 7, were rescheduled for March 28.
With a verbal ordinance, on the bases of her resignation CEC terminated term of office of the Chairwoman of Chiatura electoral district.
CEC adopted separate ordinance, with which it terminated term of office of Chiatura district election commission members, towards who complaints were expressed in connection with their biased relationship with the candidate - Iakobidze, as well as with respect to election related violations.
www.fairelections.ge /election_update.php?id=7&suf=eng   (1247 words)

  
 Chiatura --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Chiatura lies along the Kvirila River in a deep trench in the southern foothills of the Greater Caucasus range.
It is the centre of one of the largest manganese-mining areas of the world.
The manganese deposits of Chiat'ura rival those of India, Brazil, and Ghana in quantity and quality.
www.britannica.com /eb/article?eu=24341   (377 words)

  
 globall.streetfootballworld - The Right to Play - Football Championship in Chiatura, Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sandra Elisabeth Roelofs, was held in one of the poorest regions of Georgia, Chiatura (west Georgia) in October 2004.
The aim of the football championship was to provide disadvantaged children with an opportunity to play football as part of their ‘right to play’- an opportunity they wouldn’t have had otherwise.
Major sport playgrounds in Chiatura region were equipped with football nets, flags and other supplies.
globall.streetfootballworld.org /Projects/Project.2004-02-19.0355848615/p_news/News.2004-12-03.6904380815/en/switchLanguage?set_language=es   (331 words)

  
 July 9, TBILISI PAO MEETS TEACHERS IN WESTERN GEORGIA - Embassy of the U.S. in Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On July 9, PAO Sharon Hudson-Dean was the guest of the Mayor of Chiatura in the mountains of Western Georgia.
The PAO had an opportunity to visit one of the secondary schools in the city and meet with a number of teachers and students.
Mzia Lezhava, welcomed the PAO to her school and arranged for a presentation by her students of a performance of traditional Georgian songs and dances.
georgia.usembassy.gov /events/event20030709.html   (260 words)

  
 Summary*
Kutaisi, the capital of Imereti region, is the second largest Georgian city and the political, economic, and cultural center of Imereti region, with 186,400 inhabitants.
Chiatura manganese mines and the Zestaphoni ferro-manganese processing plant, finally, attracted special attention as the USSR’s largest producer of this strategic material.
Chiatura district main industries and products include: Mining (manganese peroxides); Quarrying (red marble, quartz sand, construction materials); Agriculture (tea, wine, livestock).
www.bisnis.doc.gov /bisnis/bisdoc/0407imereti.htm   (2229 words)

  
 Supreme Court Of Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Chiatura, Shorapani dist, into a poor peasant's family in 1880.
Born into a poor peas­ant's family in 1894 in Chikha, Shorapani dist. On finishing the village prima­ry school, continued to study at Chiatura town school.
Uchi, Sachkhere dist. Finished the village primary school in 1911, then the secondary school in Chiatura, and began to work at Kutaisi Teacher-training Courses, receiving the title of people's teacher In 1920-1921 served in the armed forces, then at various Party posts.
www.supremecourt.ge /english/tavjdomareebi_old.htm   (2357 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Population of Chiatura Started a Hunger-Strike in front of the Government Office
Population of Chiatura have been manifesting for eleven days in front of the government office.
Current works on reproduction of magnum damaged living houses of about 500 inhabitants of Chiatura.
www.humanrights.ge /eng/news714.shtml   (146 words)

  
 HighBeam Research: Library Search: Results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On January 24, 2005, Evraz secured its acquisition of 70.8% of the shares in the Zestaponi ferrous alloy plant, Chiatura manganese mines and the Vartsikhe hydroelectric power plant, all located in western Georgia.
In the CIS, possible revitalization of the Chiatura mine in Georgia was an on-off-on again affair, with Association Industriya, a Russian company, seemingly acquiring a 75% shareholding...
In the CIS, possible revitalization of the Chiatura mine in Georgia was an on-off-on again affair, with Association lndustriya, a Russian company, seemingly acquiring a 75% shareholding...
www.highbeam.com /library/search.asp?FN=SS&search_newspapers=on&search_magazines=on&q=Chiatura&refid=ency_botnm   (508 words)

  
 Georgian manganese plant.htm in Business Recorder on January 30, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
TBILISI: Georgia's Chiatura manganese plant raised output of manganese concentrate by a third to 93,583 tonnes in 2003 from 68,571 tonnes in 2002 after the state changed the management, a government official said on Thursday.
The plant, which employs about 3,000 workers, was one of the largest enterprises of its kind in the former Soviet Union, producing about 200,000 tonnes of manganese concentrate a month, but heavy debt left it on the edge of bankruptcy.
The state owns 85 percent of Chiatura, with the rest of the shares held by the plant's workforce.
www.paksearch.com /br2004/Jan/30/Georgian%20manganese%20plant.htm   (254 words)

  
 Inogate Countries - GEORGIA (Economy)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A wide range of minerals are mined in Georgia, the most significant of which are manganese, copper and gold.
Georgia has one of the richest manganese deposits in the world, located at Chiatura and Sachkere, about 130 kilometres north-west of Tbilisi.
In August 1999, the Czech company Sagaprint won a tender to purchase a 75 % stake in the inactive Chiatura Manganese plant, which used to process 5 million tonnes of ore in the Soviet period.
www.inogate.org /html/countries/economy/georgia_ec.htm   (1016 words)

  
 Overview of the natural resources of Georgia
The extraction of coal is fulfilling on two mines with annual capacity of 600-700,000 tons.
The deposit is located in the Chiatura region.
  Before 1991 the main consumers of the Chiatura manganese ores were Russian and Ukrainian metallurgical plants (1.3 million tons of concentrate per year) and Western European countries (200,000 tons of concentrate per year).
www.bisnis.doc.gov /bisnis/bisdoc/020206ggnatrs.htm   (1466 words)

  
 AmCham News - Issue 1, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Just as officials in Tbilisi were reviewing bids for the Chiatura manganese mine, a court in Chiatura was opening bankruptcy proceedings to sort out debts and creditors of the company.
EvrazHoldings are winners in the privatization process since their bid - USD 132 in cash - was accepted by the government for the two properties.
When it comes to valuing other properties up for privatization, Bedineishvili says one way, determining liabilities, is straightforward because in most cases they are adequately documented.
www.amcham.ge /magazine/2005/march/02.htm   (2204 words)

  
 Georgia, country, Asia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Agriculture is a leading occupation in Georgia, whose warmer districts produce large quantities of tea and citrus fruits; tobacco, wine grapes, rice, and mulberry trees (for silk) are also grown.
Georgia is rich in minerals, notably manganese (mined mostly at Chiatura and in Imeritia) and copper; tungsten, coal, lignite, barites, iron, molybdenum, oil, and peat are also found.
There are sizable deposits of marble, dolomite, talc, and clays for use in construction.
www.bartleby.com /65/ge/Georgia.html   (1548 words)

  
 February 16, 2005 - Medical Officer Sarah Callinan Gives Breast Cancer Seminar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On February 16th, U.S. Embassy Medical Officer Sarah Callinan and Marina Bakhtadze discussed breast cancer and the importance of breast self-exams with women in the mining town of Chiatura.
Breast cancer is frequently a hidden disease in Georgia, and prevention or early detection is rarely discussed.
Although at first embarrassed, most of the 40 women in attendance promised to pass on what they had learned to their mothers, daughters, sisters, nieces, students, and other women with whom they had contact.
georgia.usembassy.gov /events/event20050216Chiatura.html   (354 words)

  
 Russian group to invest up to 200m dollars in Georgia over three years - Gateway To Russia - News From Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Generalov said the stake would be increased within three to four months.
The holding company is also in talks with the Georgian government about buying the Chiatura mining and processing works which extracts ferromanganese ore for the metal works in Zestaponi.
"The Chiatura works is undergoing a bankruptcy procedure.
www.gateway2russia.com /st/art_240916.php   (282 words)

  
 [idebate.org]: Georgia
30 schools participate in debate, in Tbilisi, Batumi, Chiatura, Rustavi, Sachkhere Tskaltubo Telavi and Gori.
Three debate coaches have their clubs in City Debate Club for Adults established by the mayor of Tbilis.
In September 1998, a seminar was conducted for 100 students and teachers in Chiatura and Sachkhere, with the help of Georgian students who had been trained in Bulgaria and Ukraine.
www.soros.org /idebate/members/georgia.html   (819 words)

  
 Rustavi 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Candidate for MP from the UDR in Chiatura, Temur Gogsadze, who strangely disappeared yesterday, came to the party's regional office this morning.
He said unknown persons halted him while driving on Chiatura-Sachkhere main road.
The regional police and law enforcement officers are at the moment interrogating injured Gogsadze.
www.rustavi2.com.ge /view.php?id=5677   (82 words)

  
 EurasiaNet Business & Economics - Privatization in Georgia: Solving the “Sensitive” Issues
According to data from the Ministry of Economic Development, the bulk of privatization revenue to date has come from three sales: the Ocean Shipping Co. in Batumi; the package deal involving the Chiatura manganese factory and Vartshikhe hydro power plant; and the Tbilisi Aerospace Manufacturing (TAM).
But Armstrong Holding subsequently backed out of the deal, and the shipping fleet was ultimately sold to a joint British-American venture through its Georgian subsidiary, Georgian Tankers, Ltd, for a reported $90 million.
The Chiatura manganese factory and the Vartshikhe hydro power plant were originally sold as a package in January to the Russian company EvrAzHolding and the Georgian-Austrian DMC-Ferro joint venture for a reported $132 million.
www.eurasianet.org /departments/business/articles/eav071905.shtml   (1137 words)

  
 Evgen Gvaladze   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He was born in a small village Sveri (Chiatura district of the Imereti region, Western Georgia).
His father Artem F. Gvaladze (1862-1918) was a retired officer of cavalry.
L. Bitsadze, "Unforgettable contribution" (about the famous people from Chiatura), Kutaisi, 2004, pp.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/E/Evgen-Gvaladze.htm   (415 words)

  
 CHIATURA
Any foreign company or person can obtain the right to mine unexplored deposits, which number around 1200.
Georgia has significant deposits of manganese, which have been extracted in Chiatura region for over a hundred years.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc. ; see credits.
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/english/CH/CHIATURA.html   (239 words)

  
 Online Magazine - Civil Georgia
Georgian Economy Minister Lexo Alexishvili and State Minister for Economic Reforms Kakha Bendukidze dismissed Ukrainian company Interpipe’s allegation that privatization process of Chiatura manganese mining was non-transparent, as “absurd” and explained Georgian government’s decision to sell the enterprise to the Russian EvrAzHolding and Austrian-Georgian DCM-Ferro as an attempt to avoid “corporate war” in Georgia.
The Zestaponi Ferro-Alloy factory, owned by DMC-Ferro represents the part of the technological process necessary for functioning of the Chiatura manganese plant, as the Zestaponi Ferro Alloy is the major customer of Chiatura manganese plant’s product.
State Minister for Economic Reforms Kakha Bendukidze said at a news conference on January 19, that Georgia would have “blown its investment image” in case of yielding Ukrainian company’s proposal.
www.civil.ge /eng/article.php?id=8843   (319 words)

  
 Jobs.GE - Free job announcements   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Qvatsikhe V/A - Chiatura r-n, V. Qvacikhe - Rehabilitation - 112.20 sq/m.
Georgia has received a loan from the International Development Association towards the cost of Primary Health Care Development Project and intends to apply part of the funds to cover eligible payments under the Contract for construction-rehabilitation of the following PHC facilities in 8 villages of Imereti Region:
Itkhvisi V/A - Chiatura r-na, V. Itkhvisi - Construction - 127.70 sq/m
www.jobs.ge /index.php?ur=job&id=1358   (1382 words)

  
 Chiatura - Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Share with others what's hot and what's not in Chiatura.
Also share your opinion about what is worth to see in Chiatura.
If you are not satisfied with information about Chiatura found here, please go to Travel Georgia main page.
www.odyssei.com /destinations/11859.html   (97 words)

  
 RUSSIA CLAIMS STRATEGIC VICTORY IN GEORGIAN PRIVATIZATION ROUND - Eurasia Daily Monitor
Evraz Holding has taken ownership of 70.8% of the shares in the Zestaponi ferrous alloy plant, Chiatura manganese mines, and the Vartsikhe hydroelectric power plant, all located in western Georgia.
Evraz Holding bought the Chiatura manganese plant and the Vartsikhe hydropower plant for $132 million dollars (Kavkasia-Press, January 19).
In addition to Evraz Holding, the Yekaterinburg-based Dema Computers won the tender for a Tbilisi plant that builds electric locomotives (TV Channel 1, January 21).
www.jamestown.org /edm/article.php?article_id=2369178   (1047 words)

  
 Online Magazine - Civil Georgia
Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania stated that the joint bid of Russian "EvrAzHolding" and Georgian-Austrian "DMC-Ferro" was selected as a winner in privatisation offer for Chiatura manganese factory and Vartsikhe hydro power plant.
According to the State Minister Kakha Bendukidze "EvrAzHolding" bid was preferable as the company "promises to pay more than others, and faster than others", while offering attractive investment and job-creation opportunities.
Representatives of "Interpipe" Igor Yaroslavtsev said the joint bid offered "unfair advantage" to EvrAzHolding as the Zestaponi Ferro-Alloy factory, owned by "DMC-Ferro" represents the part of the technological process necessary for functioning of the Chiatura plant.
www.civil.ge /eng/article.php?id=8833   (223 words)

  
 GOVERNMENT TENDER TO SELL A LARGE INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRICE IN GEORGIA
EXTRACTION OF MANGANESE ORE IN CHIATURA BEGAN 120 YEARS AGO.
MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN CHIATURA, IN WESTERN GEORGIA, ARE BELIEVED TO BE SIGNIFICANT.
IN THE LATE 80'S, CHIATURMANGANUMI WAS EXTRACTING FROM 4.9 TO 5.2 MILLION TONS OF MANGANESE ORE ANNUALLY AND PRODUCING FROM 1.8 TO 2.1 MILLION TONS OF MANGANESE CONCENTRATE.
www.bisnis.doc.gov /bisnis/country/cables/981215GR.HTM   (672 words)

  
 Chronology of Gurdjieff's Life
Hydropsy obliges him to leave Tibet and return to his parents in Alexandropol.
Having recuperated, G. sets out again (winter) for Central Asia but, near the Chiatura railway tunnel, is accidentally shot a third time [TS9] in a skirmish between Cossacks and Gourians.
With difficulty he goes via Ashkabad to Yangi Hissar where he again recuperates.
www.gurdjieff.org.uk /gs9.htm   (4302 words)

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