November 22, 2013. Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ, a member of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation), is about to fulfill its contract for the delivery of 43 swamp tractors and bulldozers to Geotech Holding, the corporation's press service reports. The 11 vehicles that still have to be delivered will be shipped in November; four of them will go to Vorkuta, two of them will go to Tyumen Region, and five of them will go to Tarkosale Station. 'The shipment includes two swamp bulldozers that Geotech decided to buy on top of the previously discussed order. These swamp

November 22, 2013. ChTPZ Group and Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) 13th Coordination Council was held at Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant as part of the two companies' strategic cooperation project in the field of providing the fuel and energy sector enterprises with good quality pipes. Special attention was paid to joining Gazprom's South Stream Project, ChTPZ Group's press service reports. 'South Stream is a project with strict quality requirements and delivery deadlines. To join in, we, the pipe manufacturers, need the support of our partners from the

November 22, 2013. The second line of Yekaterinburg subway will cost some 40bn RUR to build, Deputy Head of Yekaterinburg Administration Alexander Vysokinsky told reporters. 'About 80% of funding for the first line was supplied by the municipal authorities, and the remaining 20% were provided by Sverdlovsk Region and national authorities. At the moment, we cannot afford to start building the second line on our own, which is why we are currently negotiating on co-financing,' Vysokinsky said. He pointed out that the same team of contractors that worked on the first line would be

November 22, 2013. The representatives of three of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation's enterprises attended the first All-Russian Blue-Collar Youth Forum in Chelyabinsk. The event was held on November 18-20 and gathered together over 400 young people from 56 enterprises located in 18 parts of Russia. The forum was sponsored by the Federal Youth Policies Agency, the Federation of Russia's Independent Trade Unions, and Chelyabinsk Region Government, the spokesperson for Uralvagonzavod reports. Uralvagonzavod Corporation was represented by a group of young workers

November 22, 2013. Sverdlovsk Region Prime Minster Denis Pasler took part in the opening of Belgium's Lhoist Group's first office in Russia; the Belgian company set up a joint venture with Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) to put up and launch the first section of a limestone producing and processing facility in Sverdlovsk Region by 2016, Sverdlovsk Region Government's Press Service & Information Department reports. The project is being worked on on the premises of Yuzhno-Mikhailovskoye deposit and is expected to result in 250 new jobs. The first two out of four sections of

November 22, 2013. The 13th coordination council of Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant (ChTPZ) and Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) took place at the premises of the former as part of the two parties' strategic cooperation on providing the oil and gas enterprises with good quality pipes. Special attention was paid to the two plants' joint participation in Gazprom's largest project, the Southern Stream, the two enterprises' press release says. During the council meeting, the participants looked at ways of reducing the delivery time, increasing the quality of steel