November 8, 2013. Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, a member of Uralvagonzavod Corporation, will deliver 16 swamp tractors for the expeditions undertaken by Khanty-Mansiysk Geophysics, a daughter company of GeoTech Holding, Uralvagonzavod Corporation's press service says. These are mass-produced tractors with the traditional 'cold-weather package', that is, double glazing of the pit, Zenith radiator, an extra insulated case for the tractor bonnet, and Webasto starting pre-heater. As the tractors will be used for the surveying of mineral resource deposits, the customers will have

November 8, 2013. ChTPZ Group is once again taking part in the best video contest called Metal Vision 2013; the contest is held among Russia and the CIS' metallurgical sector enterprises and is usually a part of the Metal Expo exhibition. This year, ChTPZ Group is going to show a documentary dedicated to Fedor A. Danilov, who ran the team of Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant for thirty years, in 1954-1984. ChTPZ Group filmed people who personally knew Danilov quite well, and the video features the most important episodes of his life. The premiere showing will take place on the day that

November 8, 2013. Russia's Nature Ministry and Rosnedra coordinated it with Mednogorsky Copper & Sulfur Works (MMSK), a member enterprise of Ural Mining & Metallurgical Company, that the launch of Yelanskoye and Yelkinskoye nickel deposits in Voronezh Region should be postponed, Kommersant refers to its own sources in the Russian Government as saying. The newspaper says that MMSK applied to Rosnedra, asking to shift the date of the launch, as protests against the nickel development in the area actually jeopardize the company's meeting the licensing requirements. Rosnedra

November 8, 2013. The last open-hearth furnace was shut down at Taganrog Metallurgical Plant (a member enterprise of Pipe Metallurgical Company, TMK), the company's press service reports. Giving up on this obsolete production method was made possible due to the fact that TMK is now implementing a large-scale investment program on technical upgrades at its enterprises, including the plant in Taganrog. The program has already resulted in both economic and environmental yields. The implementation of the investment program has meant all the open-hearth furnaces, which were the main source of

November 8, 2013. Uralvagonzavod, the head plant of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation, fulfilled the government defense order for 2013 ahead of schedule. All the contractual obligations toward the Defense Ministry relating to the delivery of special vehicles were fulfilled as early as the end of October. All the obligations relating to supplying spare parts and components to the corporation's enterprises have been met as well. In November and December 2013, items will be delivered for the year 2014 already, Uralvagonzavod Corporation's press service reports. The