UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 10, 2016. New, robot-aided equipment is now getting assembled at Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s head plant in Nizhniy Tagil, the company press service reports. The goal is to give up on manual labor and reduce the time needed to treat sole-bars and bolsters for the plant’s railcar bogies. ‘The equipment manufacturers are in charge of the assembly jobs, while Ural Vagon Zavod team is responsible for tech support. Our Technological Equipment Repairs Department workers are also engaged in ancillary tasks such as welding, craning, and other jobs. It is reported that

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 10, 2016. Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) and Metalloinvest signed a formula-pricing agreement for hot briquetted iron supply, TMK PR Department reports. The contract was signed by TMK Director-General Alexander Shiryayev and Metalloinvest Director-General Andrei Varichev. The agreement will be valid for a year and can then get renewed. Under the terms of the contract, the price formula will depend on the metallurgical raw stuff price indicators on the global and Russian markets. It has been agreed that TMK will receive HBI shipments from Metalloinvest’s

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 10, 2016. Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems is about to complete the overall reconstruction of its 500 kilowatt Shagol Power Substation in the Southern Urals, the company press service reports. ‘An automatic process control system will get installed at the station by the end of the year. Also, overhauls were given to our 220 and 500 kilowatt outdoor switchgear appliances, which is expected to ensure uninterrupted power supply from Chelyabinsk and South Ural Power Stations,’ the press service says. This year, a new 56.8 MVAr static capacitor bank was also

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 10, 2016. Sinara Group’s Sinara Development, the general contractor for the reconstruction of Yekaterinburg Arena Stadium in time for the World Cup 2018, got the external roof ring completely assembled, the Group’s press service reports. The entire structure weighs 2,500,000 kg; the last section of the roof, which was 112,000 kg heavy, got inserted above the southern spectator stand. The external roof ring is 685m long, is placed at the height of 39.5m, rests on 8 pylons and consists of 27 sections made of highly durable steel. A special 750,000-kg-strong tracked

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 10, 2016. Some twenty high school students went on a guided tour of Russian Copper Company’s Kyshtym Copper Electrolysis Plant as part of their job counseling program, the company press service reports. This is the second time Russian Copper Company has organized TechnoTour for its employees’ children. Kyshtym Copper Electrolysis Plant is the final link in the company’s production chain, a plant making copper wire rods, copper cathodes, and high karat gold and silver. This year’s TechnoTour was targeted at high school students who will have to decide on their