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| | Kommersant - Russia's Daily Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | Economically and geographically, Sverdlovsk Region is part of the Ural economic district and is located at the intersection of major transportation routes between eastern and western Russia. |
 | | Sverdlovsk Region has long-term reserves of iron, copper, nickel, and manganese ores, bauxite, fluxing agents, coal, and peat used in the metallurgical and power industries. |
 | | The region produces 71% of the bauxite, 61% of the chrysotile and anthophyllite asbestos, 23% of the iron ore, 97% of the vanadium, 6% of the copper, 2% of the nickel, and 20% of the refractory clay of Russia's total raw material balance. |
| www.kommersant.com /t-70/r_5/n_414/Sverdlovsk_Region (3150 words) |
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