UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 20, 2016. The Ministry of Emergencies’ Omsk Region division issued its performance report for the year 2016 on December 13, pointing out its best workers and people who proved most helpful in emergency prevention and rescue operations. Director-General of Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Omsktransmash Igor Lobov was among those the ministry singled out, the company press service reports. The ministry representatives thanked Omsktransmash for supporting their efforts and presented Lobov with the Marshal Vassily Chuikov Medal. ‘This is a decoration given out for

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 20, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s head plant recently carried out its annual fire safety check at all of its departments and divisions, the company press service reports. ‘In order to keep up with our fire safety standards, we made sure all of the State Fire Surveillance Agency’s requirements have been met and our departments are all supplied with emergency firefighting equipment. Automatic fire alarms and fire extinguishing units were installed at eight of our facilities, so there are 438 such units at the plant all in all. This year, we also purchased

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 20, 2016. Russian Copper Company representatives are going to be present at the solemn ceremony of laying the first symbolic stone at the prospective gym and stadium site in Karabash on December 21, the company press service reports. The ceremony will be attended by Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Boris Dubrovsky and Russian Copper Company Chair of the BOD Igor Altushkin. The 1,400-m2 sports facility will be located next to a plant’s headquarters, Sinegorye Health Resort, and John Chrysostom Church. There will be volleyball and mini football pitches, showers and

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 20, 2016. The amount of money deposited by private individuals with the Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) increased by 12% against December 2015, the bank’s press service reports. As of December 1, 2016, the entire deposit portfolio reached 147bn RUR, which is, on the whole, a faster growth than the country’s average. According to UBRD Debit Transactions Director Olga Aksenova, private individuals’ deposits grew a bit a slower this year than in the year 2015, for a number of reasons. Firstly, this year’s market trend for interest rates on

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 20, 2016. Federal Grid Company United Energy System launched a new, 501 MVA-strong autotransformer unit at its Gazovaya Power Substation in Orenburg Region, the company press service reports. This is expected to ensure a more reliable power supply for the area’s gas refinery and helium plant, oil and gas companies, a metallurgical works, and Iriklinskaya Power Plant. Gazovaya Substation now runs on a set of three 500-kilowatt single-phase autotransformers (total capacity: 501 MVA), with new sensors and monitoring appliances to ensure equipment diagnostics online,