UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 18, 2016. A new crane bridge is now in use at the steel-smelting department of Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Omsktransmash, the company press service reports. The lifting crane is meant for transportation and loading of scrap metal into furnaces and for transportation and pouring of scoops filled with hot metal. The new crane came to replace its obsolete counterpart that was in use for the last two decades. ‘As customer, Omsktransmash asked for a reinforced structure, an extra set of brakes, an upcoming load and hoist kick-out, and additional safety devices, and

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 18, 2016. Eight of EVRAZ Holding’s employees are going to take part in the WorldSkills Hi Tech championship in Yekaterinburg on October 30-November 3, EVRAZ Holding Ural’s press office reports. The contestants come from the holding’s four member enterprises: West Siberian Integrated Metallurgical Works (ZSMK), Evrazruda, Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works (NTMK), and Kachkanar Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise (KGOK). They will compete in Mechatronics, Welding, Wiring, and Industrial Automation. EVRAZ ZSMK’s Dmitri Fitz and Maxim Nutrikhin are

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 18, 2016. Ural Airlines completed the selection procedure for all the candidates who applied for co-pilot training, the airline’s press service reports. Applications could be submitted on September 26-29, 2016, with thirty-two people getting selected out of fifty-two candidates. The successful candidates now have a chance to train as co-pilots and work for the company. ‘All our candidates have a valid pilot’s license, some of them worked for other air carriers before and have actual flying experience, yet all of them were still faced with strict selection. The

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 18, 2016. Ural Airlines offered its services to 4,982,257 people in the nine months of 2016, which exceeded the figures for a year earlier by 17%, the air carrier’s press service reports. The airline operated 36,117 flights in January-September, including 22,893 domestic flights, 6,775 international flights, and 6,449 flights to or from the CIS member states. This was 11% more than one year earlier. Passenger turnover came to 11,835,524 passenger-kilometers (up 16% on a year earlier). In September 2016, Ural Airlines offered its services to 710,996 passengers,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 18, 2016. Public hearings on the construction of a private railroad were held in Tominsky, Chelyabinsk Region on October 14. The hearings were coordinated by Russian Copper Company’s Tominsky Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise, the company press service reports. Those who attended the hearings were presented all the information on the project required by the law. All the proposals submitted in the course of the hearings are to be considered within five days, whereupon the decision has to be made. Tominsky also hosted public hearings on the construction of a