Abstract
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Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Resources for production of building brick
- 1.1. Reserves and deposits of resources for production of building brick
- 1.2. Mining of resources for production of building brick
2. Production of building brick in Russia in 1997 - 1 half of 2005
3. Current standing of large enterprise-producers of building brick
- 3.1. PJSC "Voronezh combine of building materials" (Voronezh oblast)
- 3.2. JSC "Golitsino ceramic plant" (Moscow oblast)
- 3.3. JSC "Lipetsk combine of silicate articles" (Lipetsk oblast)
- 3.4. JSC "Kazan' plant of silicate wall materials" ( Tatarstan)
- 3.5. PJSC "Silikatchik" (Ul' yanovsk oblast)
- 3.6. LLC "Siberian Element" (Krasnoyarsk krai)
- 3.7. LLC "KrasnoyarskStroimaterialy" (Krasnoyarsk krai)
- 3.8. LLC Brick plant "Peschanka" (Krasnoyarsk krai)
- 3.9. JSC "Cherepanovsky plant of building materials" (Novosibirsk oblast)
- 3.10. JSC "Kopylovsky ceramic plant" (Tomsk oblast)
- 3.11. JSC "Silicate plant" (Chita oblast)
4. Foreign trade operations with building brick in 1997 - 1 half of 2005.
- 4.1. Import of building brick
- 4.2. Export of building brick
5. Consumption of building brick in Russia
- 5.1. Supply-demand balance of building brick in Russia
- 5.2. Review of prices on building brick in Russia
- 5.2.1. Review of domestic prices in 2002 - 1 half of 2005
- 5.2.2. Review of export-import prices
- 5.3. Structure of consumption of building brick in Russia
- 5.3.1. Regional structure of consumption
- 5.3.2. Seasonality of supplies
6. Forecast of development of Russian market of building brick
Appendix 1
- GOST 7484-78
- GOST 530-95
Appendix 2
- Contact information on the main producers of building brick in Russia
LIST of TABLES
- Table 1. The main deposits of ceramic clays of Russia
- Table 2. Regulated parameters of refractoriness of clay resources for ceramic industry
- Table 3. Regulated parameters of content of Al2O3 in clay resources for ceramic industry
- Table 4. Regulated parameters of content of coloring components in clay resources in calcined state for ceramic industry
- Table 5. Regulated parameters on mineral composition of clay resources for ceramic industry
- Table 6. Production of building brick in Russia in 1997 - 1 half of 2005, mln pieces
- Table 7. The greatest producers of building brick in Russia in 1997 - 1 half of 2005, mln pieces
- Table 8. The greatest producers of building brick in Siberian Federal District in 1997 - 1 half of 2005, mln pieces
- Table 9. Technical characteristics of silicate full brick of PJSC "Voronezh combine of building materials"
- Table 10. Technical characteristics of cellular brick of PJSC "Voronezh combine of building materials"
- Table 11. Technical characteristics of building brick of JSC "Golitsino ceramic plant" (GOST 530-95)
- Table 12. Technical characteristics of face brick of JSC "Golitsino ceramic plant" (GOST 7484-78)
- Table 13. Prices on products of LLC "Kazan' plant of silicate wall materials"
- Table 14. Prices on products of LLC "Siberian Element"
- Table 15. Technical characteristics of brick of OP "KrasnoyarskStroimaterialy" (GOST 530-95)
- Table 16. Foreign trade of building brick in 1997 - 1 half of 2005.
- Table 17. Country-exporters of brick to Russia in 2003 - 1 half of 2005.
- Table 18. Export of brick by Russian enterprises in 2003 - 1 half of 2005.
- Table 19. Country-importers of Russian brick in 2003 - 1 half of 2005
- Table 20. Dynamics of consumption of building brick in Russia in 1997 - 1 half of 2005, mln pieces
- Table 21. Regional structure of consumption of brick in 2003-2004 , kt
- Table 22. The greatest enterprise - consumers of brick in 2003-2004 , kt
- Table 23. The greatest enterprise - consumers of brick in Siberian Federal District in 2003-2004, kt
- Table 24. Seasonality of supplies of brick of various kinds in Russia in 2003-2004, kt
LIST of FIGURES
- Figure 1. Distribution of reserves of ceramic clays by Federal Districts of Russia
- Figure 2. Location of deposits of ceramic resources in Russia
- Figure 3. Dynamics of production of high-melting clays in 2000-2004, kt
- Figure 4. Dynamics of production of building brick in Russia in 1997-2004, bln pieces
- Figure 5. Regional structure of production of building brick in Russia in 2004, %
- Figure 6. Dynamics of changing volumes of exports and imports of building brick in 1997-2004, kt
- Figure 7. Production and "apparent" consumption of building brick in Russia in 1997-2004, mln pieces
- Figure 8. Dynamics of average wholesale prices on building brick in Russia in 2002 - 1 half of 2005 (excluding VAT)
- Figure 9. Average annual export-import prices on brick in 1997-2004, USD/tonne
- Figure 10. Average annual prices of exports of Russian building brick in 2003-2004 , USD/tonne
- Figure 11. Average annual prices of exports of Russian building brick in 2003-2004 , USD/tonne
- Figure 12. Average annual prices of imports of building brick in 2003-2004 , USD/tonne
- Figure 13. Share of consumption of brick in Siberian Federal District in 2003-2004 , %
- Figure 14. Dynamics of brick railage in Russia in 2003-2004 , kt
- Figure 15. Forecast of consumption of brick in Russia up to 2015.
- Figure 16. Averaged consumption of bricks depending on laying type

