UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 31, 2017. Russian Copper Company’s Uralgidromed in Polevskoy, Sverdlovsk Oblast, was given a thank-you letter from Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast Evgeny Kuivashev following the local job safety and working conditions contest. Russian Copper Company’s press service reports the contest was held among the constituency’s ferrous and no-ferrous metallurgical enterprises, ore mining companies, and companies in the ferrous alloy industry, agriculture, food and processing industry, and healthcare sector. The contestants got evaluated on the basis of their working

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 31, 2017. Rosset’s Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems (FGC UES) competed the overhauls of two autotransformer units at its 500-kilowatt Kholmogorskaya Power Substation and 220-kilowatt Urengoy Substation in Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous Region, the company press service reports. The goal was to ensure more reliable power supply to oil and gas companies operating in the area and to the key cities of Noyabrsk and Novy Urengoy. ‘The overhauls included inspection of switchgear and the active parts of auto transformer units. The auto transformer unit at Urengoy

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 31, 2017. Sinara Group’s TMK CHERMET is now working on an investment project to upgrade its production site in Bataysk (a satellite town next to Rostov-on-Don), Sinara Group’s press service reports. ‘In 2018 and 2019, the production site’s capacity will increase by 30% and its concrete-coated space will expand to 1,600 m2; we’ll also purchase some extra equipment: mobile scrap metal loaders, heavy-duty trucks with fork lift devices, and tractor-semitrailers. This will result in 45 new jobs. The company intends to direct over RUR 100m to the initial stage of this

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 31, 2017. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) integrated an inter-banking anti-fraud system designed by the National Bureau of Credit History (NBKI AFS) into its own scoring system, the bank’s press service reports. The service was developed with immediate help from Russia’s leading retail lending banks and on the basis of their many years’ lending experience on the national market. AFS evaluates loan applications against nearly two hundred criteria that get updated with the banks’ new data on borrowers on an ongoing basis. The system can

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, October 31, 2017. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) got rectified for compliance with the international standard ISO 50001 recently, the company Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. MMK first got ISO 50001 certified in September 2016. ‘The auditors confirmed that, a year after the certificate has been issued, the company’s power management system fully meets all the standard requirements. The audit procedure went smoothly thanks to preparatory work (MMK’s fourteen internal audits of their power management systems in accordance with the top

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 30, 2017. Starting October 29, 2017, Ural Airlines will operate on a winter schedule (valid through March 24, 2018), with flights to over 150 destinations in twenty-three different countries, the air carrier’s press service reports. ‘The airline tries to offer most of its flights all the year round, which means the better part of the winter schedule will not look any different. For one, the most popular domestic flights are still available to our customers on the same days as always,’ the press service says. However, two things will be different: there are now

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 30, 2017. The 8th HR Smart Conference will take place in Yekaterinburg on Friday, October 27, 2017, the Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development’s press service reports. The event is coordinated by rabota66.ru and the UBRD. This year, invited experts will speak on how a company can make its employees loyal to its values, present reports on non-financial motivation mechanisms and on the importance of employee training, and will share their hiring expertise. The bank’s Head of Employer’s Brand Development Center Elena Khrenova will talk about turning a company

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 30, 2017. Sinara Group’s Sinara Development, the general contractor for the reconstruction of Yekaterinburg Stadium in time for the world football championship of 2018, completed all the urban improvements on the arena’s premises, the Group’s press service reports. The improvements involved some 8 hectares of space. More than 150 coniferous and deciduous trees got planted around the stadium, as got some 2,000 shrubs, 180 m2 of Alpine rock gardens, and 340 m2 of perennial flower beds. There is an 800-meter running track around the stadium, made from professional,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 30, 2017. RUR 130.8bn got invested in Sverdlovsk Oblast’s fixed assets in the first half of 2017, which was 12.2% less than one year earlier, Sverdlovsk Oblast Economics Ministry refers to Sverdlovskstat as stating. 68% of investments (RUR 89bn) got directed to large and medium enterprises based within the constituency. This was 2% less than in January-June 2016. Most of these investments (49.6%) came from the industrial sector.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 30, 2017. Rector of I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Petr Glybochko met with a number of Ural experts to talk over the issues of medical training in Russia; he also got acquainted with the details of a project to put up a medical cluster in Yekaterinburg’s Akademicheskiy District. The meeting was held on the campus of Ural State Medical University and was attended by Sverdlovsk Oblast Healthcare Minister Igor Trofimov, his first deputy Dilyara

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, October 27, 2017. Russian Copper Company’s Kyshtym Copper Electrolysis Plant (KMEZ) is now busy retooling its gold refining department, the company press service reports. ‘Because of the security requirements set out for precious metal treatment and production, we cannot have any windows that can get opened for airing purposes. This is why the plant’s management decided to ensure good working conditions through a forced air ventilation system. The system will get introduced at the refined gold, refined silver, and gold and silver bullion production department,’ the press

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 27, 2017. A steel-smelting arc furnace recently got upgraded at EVRAZ Holding’s West Siberian Integrated Metallurgical Works (ZSMK), EVRAZ Holding Siberia’s press office reports. The upgrades are expected to improve the arc furnace’s productivity and to cut down on production costs. The plant directed some RUR 300m to the project. ‘The furnace now has an up-to-date smelting acceleration system that will both increase our output and reduce electric power and electrode spending. We also had some new coke delivery and lime powder delivery units installed. Thanks to

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, October 27, 2017. The 44th WorldSkills Competition 2017 recently closed in Abu Dhabi, with Russia’s national team winning the first prize. Representatives of Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) — students of Magnitogorsk Polytechnic Alexander Arapov and Maxim Aksenov — competed in Mechatronics and won the Skills Medal, MMK Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. ‘The Skills Medals are given out to contestants who fully completed their task, scored at least 500 points, and proved their exceptional professional competence. In fact, this year’s MMK

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 27, 2017. Rosatom-Energomash’s SverdNIIkhimmash landed a contract for development, production, and delivery of solid radioactive waste recycling equipment to Belorusskaya Nuclear Power Station’s Power-Generating Unit 1, the company press service reports. The equipment is meant for crushing and sorting of solid, low- and medium-level radioactive waste and for pressing it into metal barrels. The company is to supply its customer with a press (capacity: 950 kN), a sorting platform, a dust-trapping unit, a control system, and equipment for radwaste container data

UrBC, Moscow, October 27, 2017. Russians spent RUR 1 trillion on their online shopping in the first half of the year, which exceeded the figures for the first half of 2016 by 8%, Izvestia refers to Expert RA’s research findings as indicating. Analysts point out that the overall amount of private online transactions might reach the record of more than RUR 2.2 trillion by the end of the year. This is explained through recovering consumer demand once the Russian economy has survived through the acutest phase of the crisis; also, Russians have got used to shopping and paying their housing bills,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 26, 2017. A luna park-style sales night will be held in Yekaterinburg’s Greenwich Mall on October 27; there will be a prize-winning lottery (prize fund: RUR 250,000), Obschestvo Malysheva 73’s press service reports. Visitors to the event can enjoy the excellent deals, large money prizes given out to shoppers, and an eccentric entertainment program. A three-meter-tall pink elephant (a real one) will be welcoming all the guests at the entrance. ‘There will be a big piano in the hall for professional and amateur performers alike. Also, everyone will be able to join a

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 26, 2017. All-in-one Information Center opened at ChTPZ Group’s Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant recently; the center will handle all in the incoming messages, the Group’s press service reports. The goal is to improve the Group’s customer service and come up with an efficient way to communicate with all kinds of customer segments. ‘Thanks to the center, our customers, suppliers, and employees can all get prompt and useful advice. Highly skilled experts will provide them with the information they need, transfer calls to respective departments if necessary, or put the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 26, 2017. Miners from EVRAZ Holding’s Uskovskaya Mine have extracted 2,000,000,000 kg of coal since the start of the year so far, EVRAZ Holding Siberia’s press service reports. This valuable GZh coal came from two long faces, the old 50-10 and the new one 50-08 that got launched in May. The latter has already reached its projected capacity (up to 300,000,000 kg of coal a month). ‘Oleg Moskalenko’s team proved extremely productive: every miner does some 3,700,000 kg a month on average. This is possible due to a range of security measures and efficient use of

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, October 26, 2017. Metallurg Charity Fund (for which Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works acts as the primary donor) won Silver Standard in the 8th national Tochka Otscheta, a contest of nongovernmental organizations’ annual reports, MMK Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. 244 applicants submitted their reports for the contest altogether. Every report got categorized as Basic, Bronze, Silver, or Gold. ‘Ours is a very transparent NGO. All the data are open to the general public. What matters to us is this acknowledgement of our efforts, of what all the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 26, 2017. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) won in the national Competitive Purchasing Leader Contest, MMK Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. ‘MMK won in Purchasing Transactions Efficiency category, which means the plant offers its suppliers a transparent and accessible selection procedure and has a technologically advanced and well-regulated purchasing policy,’ the Department says. 127 large Russian companies competed for prizes in six different categories all in all. MMK shared the first prize in Purchasing Transactions Efficiency with