UrBC, Magnitogorsk, November 14, 2017. An inter-plant production experience-sharing school for managers and white- and blue-collar workers in the hot-rolled sheet-rolling industry opened at Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) on November 13, the company press service reports. Employees of Russia and the CIS’ largest metallurgical enterprises all joined in the workshop, including experts from NLMK Group, Severstal, Vyksunsk Metallurgical Plant, ArcelorMittal Timertau, Mariupol Iron & Steel Works, and Chermet. The latter has been hosting such workshops since the year 2000. Over twenty

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 14, 2017. UralVagonZavod Corporation (UVZ) carried its financial report (based on the Russian Accounting Standards) for the nine months of 2017, the company press service reports. ‘The corporation’s revenues reached RUR 61.1bn, which is comparable with last year’s figures. at the same time, revenues stemming from sale of civilian goods rose to RUR 27.8bn (compared with only RUR 8.4bn a year earlier) and thus made up 45.5% of our sales against 13.7% last year. Profits stemming from our high-margin export contracts declined by 30.9%, down to RUR 18.9bn in

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, November 14, 2017. South Urals Chamber of Commerce & Industry is going to host a number of business meetings involving entrepreneurs based in Chelyabinsk Oblast and Kurgan Oblast on November 21, the CCI’s press service reports. This business mission aims to establish and improve the local businesses’ ties and to provide a platform for mutually beneficial cooperation. The CCI is coordinating the event with support from Kurgan Oblast Business Incubator, a state-run entity whose representatives are coming to Chelyabinsk on a visit. Among the representatives are executives

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 14, 2017. Rosatom TVEL’s Ural Electrochemical Combine made RUR 17.147bn in sales revenues in January-September 2017, which exceeded the target figures by 9.1%, the company press service reports. The combine’s sales rose by 18.7% against last year, mostly because of the changes in the type of produce sold and because the planned sales contracts got fulfilled earlier than in the last quarter of the year as before. The price factor was a somewhat less important one. Produce for the nuclear industry made up over 90% of sales (RUR 15.901bn in the first half of the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 14, 2017. 6,859,095 people have flown with Ural Airlines since the start of the year, which exceeds the figures for a year earlier by 24%, the air carrier’s press service reports. The company operated 47,097 flights between January 1 and October 31, 2017, including 28,217 domestic flights, 8,581 flights to and from the CIS member states, and 10,299 international flights. This was 17% more than one year previously. The airline’s passenger turnover amounted to 16.409bn passenger-kilometers. 736,978 people flew with the airline in October, which was 34% more than in