UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 10, 2016. EVRAZ Group’s NTMK completed the first stage of retooling its coke dry-quenching plant, the company press service reports. ‘This is the first time such technological solutions are being used in Russia or the CIS member states. The new technology will increase our recycling coefficient, improve the quality of coke we use at our blast-furnace departments, and make the entire process much safer than before. Besides, the retooled unit will also reduce atmospheric emissions by 20%, which will mean less negative impact on Nizhniy Tagil’s environment,’ the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 10, 2016. Sinara Development (a member enterprise of Sinara Group) proved one of Volgograd Region’s most reliable developers in the year 2015, the Group’s press service refers to the local state construction surveillance inspectorate as determining. ‘The inspectorate’s analysis was based on the following basic criteria: getting the apartment buildings commissioned on time; complying with the government regulations on contracts with private customers and the use of these customers’ funds for participatory share lending projects; directing the said funds to

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 10, 2016. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development has been featured in banki.ru’s People’s Top 30 Rating for the first time this year, the company press service reports. The People’s Rating gets updated daily based on the portal users’ feedback relating to banks’ customer service. The UBRD moved from the 40th position in the rating up to the 30th in March 2016. ‘UBRD customers have left over 1,000 comments on the website so far. Every new entry gets a follow-up comment from the bank within the same or the next working day,’ the bank’s representatives

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 10, 2016. Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant/ChTPZ Board of Directors came up with a list of nine candidates who can be elected on the BOD, the company press service reports. Among the candidates are current BOD Members: Board Member and Rosnano’s Deputy Chair of the Board Oleg Kisselev, ChTPZ BOD Member Andrei Komarov, ChTPZ Chair of the BOD Alexander Fedorov, ChTPZ BOD Member Oleg Seleznev, Rimera’s Director-General Vitaly Sadykov, ChTPZ Deputy DG for Legal & Corporate Issues Sergei Yankovsky, ChTPZ BOD Economic Control & Administration Strategy Director Dina

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 10, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Director-General Oleg Sienko has recently been awarded for his contribution to the development of the Russian industry and the Russian transport sector and his proactive social and political efforts, the company press service reports. ‘Chair of the Russian Engineering Union and RosTech Corporation’s Director-General Sergei Chemezov awarded Oleg Sienko with an honorary certificate and the Russian State Duma Medal for his proactive social and economic efforts,’ the press service says. Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov