UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 14, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin considered a number of healthcare and road construction proposals submitted by acting Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev, the Governor’s Information Policy Department reports. ‘Acting Governor was able to talk about a few socially important project proposals during the President’s recent business trip to Sverdlovsk Region. For one, Kuivashev told President Putin about the plans to set up an emergency unit on the premises of Municipal Clinic 40 in Yekaterinburg. A 5,300 m2 surgery block needs to be completed.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 14, 2017. ChTPZ Group signed a cooperation agreement with WorldSkills Russia, the company press service reports. The paper was signed by the Director of the Group’s pipe-manufacturing division Alexander Grubman and Head of WorldSkills Russia Robert Urazov. The two parties intend to join their efforts in designing and promoting FutureSkills. The Group’s goal is to coordinate foresight sessions during corporate WorldSkills championships in order to decide on the popular jobs of the future; the company will also set up teams of contestants and experts in specific

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 14, 2017. Russian Copper Company intends to start extracting porphyry copper ore from Tominsky Deposit next year, the company’s Director for the Environment, Job Safety & Industrial Safety Natalia Gonchar told reporters at the Innoprom 2017 International Industrial Exhibition. ‘We already have a mining jobs plan that was approved of by the authorities, and we must go along with this plan in full compliance with our license requirements. This is why we need to start with the open-cast mining operations. The plan is to get the first batches of ore in 2018. One

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 14, 2017. ChTPZ Group supplied its first 1,980,000 kg of large-diameter pipes with concrete coating to the construction site of Nord Stream 2 Pipeline, the Group’s press service reports. The shipment comprises pipes (diameter: 1,153 mm; layer thickness: 30.9 mm) made at Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant’s Vysota 239 Department. The outer concrete coating was provided by Pipeline Coating & Technologies (Concpipe). ‘The shipping-off ceremony took place in Volzhsky and was attended by representatives of the project shareholder Gazprom, Nord Stream 2 Director Henning

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 14, 2017. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) took part in an environmental conference in Yekaterinburg during the Innoprom Exhibition, the bank’s press service reports. The UBRD’s Trade & Project Financing Director Sergey Okhrimenko made a report on the use of efficient financing mechanisms to support international environmental programs. The conference participants focused on ways to reduce their investment risks and on how much the economy needed green technologies. The national business community’s corporate social responsibility has