UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 28, 2017. Acting Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev presented state awards to nine of EVRAZ Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works (NTMK) employees. The awarding ceremony took place at Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg, EVRAZ Holding’s press service reports. EVRAZ Oxygen Compressor Department’s technician Vyacheslav Andreyev, Beam-Rolling Department’s Senior Expert Vladimir Karnidov, Converter Shop’s refractory operator Andrei Kuzmin, Coke Processing Department’s electric technician Sergey Prischepov, and Wheel Tread Department’s Forewoman Nadezhda

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, August 28, 2017. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) directed 2.5m RUR to have I.V. Romazan Sports Palace renovated, MMK Information & PR Administration reports. The palace serves as the primary practice arena for Magnitogorsk’s basketball team Dinamo. The floor coating needs repairing, so the basketball club’s board of trustees, chaired by Sergey Laskov, applied to MMK management for help. ‘The company allocated 2.5m RUR this year to make sure MMK United Service Company can restore the site. There were holes in the parquet floor, and the entire structure was

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, August 28, 2017. Russian Copper Company is currently coordinating the selection rounds of its workout championship in Chelyabinsk, the company press service reports. The selection rounds will be held at a number of new workout sites in Chelyabinsk Region-based cities of Karabash, Korkino, Pervomayskiy, Kyshtym, and Chelyabinsk. All the sites were set up by Russian Copper Company this year. There will be eight selection rounds and the finals in Chelyabinsk on Town Day (September 10). There will be prize-winning contests and workshops for all those who attend the event. ‘The

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 28, 2017. Yekaterinburg’s Akademicheskiy District ran one of the country’s largest construction sites with summer jobs for students this year. The site closes on August 28, 2017, RSG Abademicheskoye’s press service reports. This summer, the All-Russian Student Construction Site coordinated a contest to distinguish the best-performing builders’ teams. The winning teams will get valuable prizes, memorial banners, and certificates. The team that wins the greatest number of titles will get the All-Russian Student Construction Site Banner 2017. This is the 8th time a

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 28, 2017. The number of flowers imported to Yekaterinburg nearly tripled in time for September 1, the start of the school year, Deputy Head of V.A. Sorokin Koltsovo Customs Viktor Shatalov says. ‘Flowers get imported on a regular basis, wth two to three flights a week. The imports usually tripled around public holidays. We check both the cargo and the accompanying documents and only let the goods in after the Federal Veterinary and Quarantine Surveillance Service’s approval,’ he explained. For one, two planes arrived to Koltsovo Airport from Amsterdam today, with