Smolensk Kristall

VTB acquires controlling stakes in 11 distilleries.
Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 10/6/2009; 475 words; ...unitary enterprise (FGUP), VTB said in materials. VTB is now the owner of 51% stakes in Kristall (Moscow), Astrakhan Distillery, Bakhusa (Smolensk), Bryanskspirtprom, Velikoustyugsky Distillery (Vologda region), Itkusky Distillery...

Alrosa ramps up capacity at diamond mines (Part 3).
Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 8/31/2009; 1050 words; ...selling $150 million in rough diamonds, mostly under long-term contracts. It started selling diamonds again to Kristall of Smolensk and to diamond cutting plants from Yakutia, and auctioning larger gems weighing 10.8 carats or more at auctions...

Alrosa ramps up capacity at diamond mines (Part 2).
Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 8/31/2009; 1035 words; ...selling $150 million in rough diamonds, mostly under long-term contracts. It started selling diamonds again to Kristall of Smolensk and to diamond cutting plants from Yakutia, and auctioning larger gems weighing 10.8 carats or more at auctions...

Interfax Russia & CIS Metals and Mining Weekly.(Company overview)
Mining & Metals Report; 8/27/2009; 14189 words; ...rough diamonds on a monthly basis to the Kristall cutting plant in Barnaul in September. *** Kristall of Smolensk, Russia's biggest diamond cutting...need to look to De Beers and Rio Tinto. Kristall is asking the state, via the Finance...

Diamond cutter Kristall expects to break even in Q3.
Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 8/24/2009; 1470 words; Diamond cutter Kristall expects to break even in Q3 MOSCOW. Aug 24 (Interfax) - Kristall of Smolensk, Russia's biggest diamond cutting...dollars," he said. Shkadov said Kristall planned to buy $200 million...