UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 3, 2017. ChTPZ Group is currently upgrading its OCTG production facilities, the company press service reports. The project will require 200m RUR worth of investments; as a result, the Group’s OCTG/premium threaded joint output will double through the use of upgraded equipment. ‘The upgrades include launching new constricted-end pipe units and threaded joint treatment units, a new shot-blasting machine for polishing the inside surfaces of the pipes, a coupling copper-coating unit, and a coupling-making unit. The entire project will have been completed by April

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 3, 2017. Starting from August 1, 2017, MegaFon cardholders will be receiving megabytes into their account for every purchase they pay for with their bank card, the company press service reports. ‘The Internet traffic bonus points will be granted for every 100 RUR spent through card payments. Moreover, subscribers to our Tune In package will also be given a one-time 1 Gb bonus when they first use their card. There is no need to activate the bonus traffic, everything happens automatically and your bonus points are good to go for the next 365 days,’ the press service

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, August 3, 2017. Metallurg Charity Fund (sponsored by Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works/MMK) spent 101.77m RUR on a multi-faceted children’s charity program called The 21st Century for Southern Urals’ Kids, MMK Information & PR Department reports. The project got approved of by experts on The Best for Children, the national program for promotion of the best children’s goods and services, in 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014. The project was also given a special honorary badge. The project aims to support social welfare establishments such as children’s clubs and art schools,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 3, 2017. Yekaterinburg Architecture & Urban Planning Department agreed on a project to put up a multi-purpose Judo Palace in Akademicheskiy District, the city council’s press service reports. According to this project, the new building will be located opposite the new campus of Ural State Medical University in Chkalov St. The idea is to have the palace integrated into the Preobrazhensky Park complex, with a large square for public events on the left of the palace. The entire complex area will be 8,600 m2 large, that of the three-floor building will be 15,600 m2

UrBC, Moscow, August 3, 2017. Car dealers imported 96,500 cars to Russia in the first half of 2017, which was 12.7% less than one year earlier, Avtostat refers to the Federal Customs Service as stating. The Japanese brand Toyota proved the most popular imported automobile in the first half of the year (18,500 units, down 41.5% on a year earlier): 20% of all cars imported to the country within the given period were various Toyota makes. Mercedes-Benz (17,400 units, +4,4% on a year earlier) came second: its share on the imported automobile market was 18%. The Japanese brand Lexus was among the