UrBC, Magnitogorsk, August 1, 2017. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) recently held a business analysis project contest (dubbed New Look) at the plant; the idea was to use the business analysis tools offered within the software package Tableau, MMK Information & PR Administration reports. Tableau is a service that lets users visualize and process their data, get them broken down into segments, come up with forecasts based on powerful statistical technologies, and make sophisticated calculations (a visual formula tool allows for all kinds of calculations and data analysis). The

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 1, 2017. ChTPZ Group’s Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (PNTZ) is now offering summer jobs to students from local vocational schools; the project is supported by Sverdlovsk Region’s Industry & Science Ministry. According to the company press service, over two hundred students will be able to hold part-time jobs at the plant’s production departments and at its daughter enterprises. Hiring students on the Group’s Future of White Metallurgy Corporate Training Program for the summer has become common practice at the company. This year, there were some summer job openings

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, August 1, 2017. Russia’s Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the Internal Affairs Ministry signed a cooperation agreement, the South Urals CCI’s press service reports. The agreement will allow the regional CCIs and law-enforcement authorities to work more closely in the field of migrant policy. According to the South Urals Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s First Vice President Igor Aristov, working with the Internal Affairs Ministry mainly means keeping track of the current migrant problems, helping to improve respective laws, and creating mechanisms to attract highly

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 1, 2017. Rosset’s Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems (FGC UES) had the 500-kilowatt electric main connecting Votkinskaya Power Station and Yemelino Power Substation repaired recently. According to the company press service, the goal is to make power supply to Sverdlovsk Region’s and Perm Territory’s industrial enterprises more reliable. ‘The main is located in a poorly accessible spot on marshy ground. Our power engineers replaced forty guy-wires and pulled down thirty-six trees that could fall down and obstruct the main. This year, 270 faulty guy-wires

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 1, 2017. Metcombank and MSP Bank signed a cooperation agreement to provide bank guarantees within the framework of the National Guarantee System, the bank’s press service reports. The main goal is to facilitate the small and medium enterprises’ development and make getting loans easier and more affordable for SMEs. Under the terms of the agreement, MSP Bank is acting as the borrowing SMEs’ loan guarantor for Metcombank and shares the respective risks. Thanks to this guarantees, businesses can borrow more even when they cannot provide large enough security for their