UrBC, Moscow, March 17, 2016. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) intends to retain its share of the Russian coated rolled products market, even though the domestic consumption is expected to decrease this year, MMK representative said at the 11th Zinc- and Paint-Coated Rolled Products Conference in Moscow. The representative said MMK’s share of galvanized rolled products market came to 31% last year, while that of the market for rolled products with polymeric coating came to 16%. The home market is still the company’s priority one: 86% of zinc-coated products were sold in Russia last

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 17, 2016. The telecommunications provider MegaFon reduced the monthly cost of its All-Inclusive pay scheme and offered its subscribers unlimited connection for calls to other MegaFon subscribers both in their home region and in other parts of Russia, the company press service reports. ‘Our subscribers can now talk to their nearest and dearest for as long as they like for only 180 RUR a month. This is one of the best offers on the market,’ the press service says. Remarkably, no limit is set on the number of minutes per month; nor is the offer limited to a

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 17, 2016. Russian Copper Company is going to finance repairs and remodeling of Kindergarten 9 in Karabash, the company press service reports. ‘The building, which houses over ninety children during the day, is now all covered in cracks on the outside, with stucco falling off and window panes almost falling apart. The fifty-year-old kindergarten needs a grand overhaul, but neither the town nor Sverdlovsk Region have the funds for this,’ the press service says. Both the children’s parents and the town council representatives as well the local members of United Russia

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 17, 2016. Ural Airlines transferred 500,000 bonus points (the cost of around fifty Yekaterinburg-Moscow flights) to each of the two charities the company supports, the company press service reports. Both Russian Rusfond and the Konstantin Khabensky Charity Foundation help children with diagnosed illnesses and have been Ural Airlines’ partners in the Wings of Good Project since September 2015.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 17, 2016. Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant/PNTZ (a member enterprise of ChTPZ Group) is going to host the annual Metallinka 2016 Children’s Contest on March 18-20; over three hundred children of metallurgists working for Russia’s major enterprises are going to compete, the Group’s press service reports. The teams of young performers aged eight to eleven are expected to be the event’s main feature. ChTPZ Group is sending its Surprise Band, singer Valeria Ustyuzhanina, and the Galina Krugovaya Ballet Studio to present their best pieces. ‘ChTPZ Group pays special attention

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, March 17, 2016. Kamensk Uralsky Foundry Plant (a member enterprise of Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation) has produced over 8,000 kg of stuffs for making powder metallurgy parts since its upgraded bedding plant was launched. According to the company press service, this figure is the result of the new charge preparation equipment’s two months in operation. The retooling and upgrades involved the initial section of the powder metallurgy department, which has been around for some five decades. The older units were dismantled and replaced with the more efficient and environmentally