UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 17, 2016. EVRAZ Holding’s Kachkanar Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise (KGOK) and Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works (NTMK) are now holding their yearly flu vaccination campaigns at the plants’ medical units. The two companies bought over 6,000 vaccines for the purpose, the holding’s press service reports. The workers are offered a modern, good quality vaccine that has been in use for a while now and proved to be efficient against a range of flu viruses. Immunization shots are available at the two plants’ twenty-four medical units 24/7. The campaign

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 17, 2016. Ural Airlines are now offering reduced-price tickets for the Crimea-bound flights operated from Yekaterinburg, Murmansk, and Kirov through November 30, the air carrier’s press service reports. A ticket for Yekaterinburg-Simferopol or Simferopol-Yekaterinburg flights now costs 2,500 RUR; that for Kirov-Simferopol or Simferopol-Kirov flight costs 2,000 RUR, and that for Murmansk-Simferopol or Simferopol-Murmansk costs 2,000 RUR; the price quoted applies to a one-way ticket, with all fees included. Reduced-price tickets are part of the government subsidy

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 17, 2016. ChTPZ Group is currently presenting its ceramic flux varieties at the 16th International Weldex Exhibition at Sokolniki Exhibition Center in Moscow. According to the company press service, the Group introduced new flux types UF-S and UF-02M this year. ChTPZ Group started making ceramic flux (used for regular and overlay welding) in 2004 as part of the company’s import substitution program. The Group is now one of Russia and Europe’s largest ceramic flux manufacturers, making 14,000,000 kg of flux a year. The Group’s share of the Russian ceramic flux

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 17, 2016. Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems Chair of the Supervisory Board Andrei Murov held a meeting on how to best prepare the company’s Urals-based energy facilities for the winter and the investment goals of 2016-2020, the company press service reports. During his visit to the Urals, Murov checked the upgrades introduced to one of Yekaterinburg’s key power sources, the 220-kilowatt Kalininskaya Substation. Most of the modernization jobs have by now been completed, the 220-kilowatt outdoor switchgear has been reconstructed, and two new transformer

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 17, 2016. Sverdlovsk Region-based employers owed their workers 9.437m RUR in terms of delayed wages and salaries as of October 1, 2016; this was 16.3 times more than one year earlier. According to Sverdlovskstat, the overall amount of wage arrears rose by 1.8% by October 1, 2016 compared with September 1, 2016.