Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) proved its readiness to produce highly durable cold-resistant rolled products for the Russian pipeline manufacturers. Following the hydraulic and field pneumatic testing of some pilot batches of pipes in Chelyabinsk and Kopeisk, experts from Gazrpom, Gazprom VNIIGAZ, and other enterprises representing the certification committee declared that the pipes made by MMK of rolled sheets with strength class K65 meet the technical requirements set for the main pipeline Bovanenko-Ukhta. This means that MMK is currently the exclusive supplier of К65(Х80) rolled

The customer of Fenster AG Trading House managed to get his 60,000 RUR back through a court hearing, the press office of Sverdlovsk Region division of Rospotrebnadzor (the state environmental watchdog) reports. Fenster AG and a Yekaterinburg dweller signed an agreement on September 30, 2010 for the manufacturing and assembling of wooden window frames with two double panes, worth over 90,000 RUR. Under the terms of the agreement, the customer had to pre-pay 70% of the total sum two weeks prior to the installation, which the customer complied with. 60,000 RUR was paid to Fenster AG. However,

Central Military District’s military brass band will perform in the course of the solemn opening ceremony at Yekaterinburg Central Stadium on August 19, 2011. For the first time in history this arena will witness the singing of the FIFA’s anthem by the record-breaking number of people for Russia’s Book of Records, Sinara Group’s PR Department reports. Representatives of fifty-one orchestras will take part in the show, and the number of musicians playing in Central Military District’s military brass band will come to 700. In addition, orchestras from forty-six Russian cities, including Samara,

Tyumen Region Arbitration Court declared a non-profit organization called Strategic Research & Investment Support Fund bankrupt, the court’s proceedings state. The company placed its insolvency application with the court of its own accord, asking for a simplified procedure for a liquidated debtor. The application stated that the total amount of debts to creditors that the debtor agreed with came to 18.18m RUR, whereas the organization’s assets and monetary funds were insufficient: the fund only had 242,370 RUR altogether. Now in 2006, Strategic Research & Investment Support Fund was

A recent meeting dedicated to Yekaterinburg’s application campaign for hosting the World Exhibition EXPO 2020 resulted in the decision to set up an ad hoc committee that will deal with the application. The application has to be presented to the International Exhibitions Bureau by November 2, 2011. According to First Deputy Head of Sverdlovsk Region Government and Minister for Investment & Development Mikhail Maksimov, if Yekaterinburg wins the privilege of hosting the exhibition, EXPO 2020 will not necessarily be housed in EXPO Yekaterinburg exhibition center where the recent Innoprom

The net profit of Russian Railways decreased by 17.1% in the first half of 2011 compared with the first half of 2010, and amounted to 48.5bn RUR, the company’s quarterly report states. On the other hand, the railway company’s revenues increased by 10.8% and came to 644.7bn RUR. Its pre-tax profit dropped by 10.1% and reached 74.13bn RUR.