UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 27, 2016. UBT-UralVagonZavod (a member enterprise of Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation) won Russian Railways’ order auction and will now supply 400 freight railcars to Federal Freight Company, the corporation’s press service reports. Federal Freight Company placed an order for the innovative drop-bottom gondola railcars 12-196-02, whose advantage lies in their increased freight and volume capacity (75,000 kg and 94 m3, respectively). As it happens, the Federal Tariff Service ruled on January 29, 2015 that the corporation’s innovative gondolas 12-196-01 and 12-196-02 could

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 27, 2016. Sverdlovsk Reigon-based subscribers of the telecommunications provider MegaFon can now enjoy the mobile Internet connection for as little as 4 RUR per megabyte when roaming. Starting June 6, the new rates will apply automatically whenever you leave Russia, the company press service reports. MegaFon offers traffic packages that will be provided at a very good price every day. When in Europe and the CIS member states, for example, you can buy a 66Mb package for only 260 RUR a day; the Popular Countries package (50 Mb) comes for 350 RUR a day, and the Rest of

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 27, 2016. Ural Airlines added the eleventh Airbus 321 liner to its fleet of vehicles, the air carrier’s press service reports. The airplane has 220 economy class seats and is suitable for both international and domestic flights. It was used for the first time for Yekaterinburg-Moscow flight today. All in all, the airline now operates as many as thirty-seven airplanes. Ural Airlines embarked on a fleet renovation program in 2006 and has been buying new planes on a yearly basis. Airbus liners proved very efficient and comfortable for mid-range flights.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 27, 2016. Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works/NTMK (a member enterprise of EVRAZ Holding) completed the first stage of constructing a ball-rolling mill on the premises, EVRAZ Holding Ural’s PR Department reports. The basic engineering preparations consisted in a number of preliminary jobs, the adoption of a general plan, and building the necessary equipment units. The new ball-rolling mill will be located in the Rail/Beam Department, where all the old equipment has already been removed, the lighting has been replaced, and remodeling has been done. The mill

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 27, 2016. Yurga Machine-Building Plant (a member enterprise of Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation) coordinated large-scale drills for its rescue teams to make sure they are ready for all kinds of emergencies at the company power station, the corporation’s press service reports. The drill consisted in a role play where a 6.6-meter-wide hole appeared in the station’s slurry pond, causing massive waste leakage. ‘Our emergency committee (the plant’s first Deputy Director-General I.G. Chapayev, heads of power departments, and the Senior Engineer’s Department) set to work. They