UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 17, 2017. EVRAZ West Siberian Integrated Metallurgical Works (ZSMK) competed the overhaul of their Blast Furnace 2. This is expected to increase the furnace productivity, ensure longer time between repairs, and reduce the furnace’s environmental impact. EVRAZ Holding spent some 1bn RUR on the overhaul, the company press service reports. ‘We had the furnace casing partially replaced, the cooling units fully reconstructed, and the firebrick lining of the furnace, the tuyere area, and the tunnel renovated. The furnace-charging appliances were repaired as well. All

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 17, 2017. #Goodneighbors Festival will take place in Yekaterinburg’s Akademicheskiy District on Town Day on August 19, RSG Akademicheskoye’s press service reports. This annual event will be held at a special site at the intersection of Akademik Sakharov St and Wilhelm de Gennin St. A show, a food court, a large play area, and some musical performances will be there for the visitors from 12 PM to 7 PM. ‘Two headliners, the legendary Trubetskoy and Nogu Svelo! are invited to perform on the main stage. The bands will start performing at 4 PM so that all those willing

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 17, 2017. Pipe Metallurgical Company’s TMK Neftegazservis offered its professional support during the pay-out of pipes at Vankorskoye, Yuzhno-Tambeyskoye, Urengoyskoye, and Astrakhanskoye Deposits 112 times in the first seven months of 2017. So far, every one in eight pay-out of pipes with TMK UP premium threaded joints has been supervised by the company experts. According to Pipe Metallurgical Company’s press service, their engineering support covers personnel training on how to use the pipes properly, inspection of the pipe string once its components have been

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 17, 2017. Sverdlovsk Region’s industrial production index rose by 4% in January-July 2017 compared with one year earlier, Sverdlovskstat reports. The IPI went up by 4.3% in the processing sector and by 9.6% in the sector for the production and distribution of electric power, natural gas, and steam. The fossils extraction industry’s index declined by 9.6%. Sverdlovsk Region’s IPI for July 2017 was 0.5% lower than in June 2017 and 2.5% higher than in July 2016.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 17, 2017. Sverdlovsk Region-based building businesses’ accumulated turnover amounted to 51.471m RUR in January-July 2017, which was 19.4% less than one year earlier, Sverdlovskstat reports. The turnover of metal goods manufacturers declined by 9.1% in the first seven months of the year, that of beverage producers by 8.2%, that of printed materials by 6.7%, that of leather goods manufacturers by 3.4%, and that of textile makers by 1.8%.