UrBC, Chelyabinsk, November 29, 2017. The awarding ceremony for Y.P. Osadchiy Foundation fellows took place at Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant (ChTPZ) recently, ChTPZ Group’s press service reports. ‘We give out awards to the best metallurgy students for their academic, research, and sports achievements every fall. Two hundred students have become Osadchiy fellows since the fellowship was set up seventeen years ago. It’s wonderful that so many of them now work for the Group,’ says ChTPZ Group shareholder Alexander Fedorov. Fedorov gave the fellows’ diplomas to four talented students of South

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 29, 2017. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) received a thank-you letter from Magnitogorsk Council for helping to set up a park next to the city’s Eternal Flame Memorial, the company press service reports. The thank-you letters were given out in the course of a large cabinet meeting at Magnitogorsk Council. ‘Given the local climate, the period for outdoor construction jobs is quite limited, so some people doubted the park would be completed in time. Still, thanks to our coordinated efforts, ongoing supervision of those in charge, and, of course, good

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 29, 2017. Ural Airlines are now offering their Wings Club members a 10% discount on Moscow flights, the air carrier’s press service reports. Those just joining the program can additionally benefit from a 1,000-ruble welcome bonus (1 bonus = RUR 1) and a 15% discount on their next flight. The offer holds through December 20, 2017 and applies to flights to be operated till April 20, 2018 (except for the period between December 22, 2017 and January 12, 2018) from Moscow to Irkutsk and back, from Moscow to Barnaul and back, from Moscow to Novosibirsk and back, from

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 29, 2017. EVRAZ Holding’s Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works (NTMK) now makes high-strength construction beams (strength grade: S390 and S440) that are currently unique to Russia, EVRAZ Holding Ural’s Corporate Relations Center reports. ‘Workers from our converter shop developed a special chemical composition for the new steel type. As it uses vanadium allowing addition and the unique rolling technology, EVRAZ NTMK is now the only company making rolled double-T beams with strength grades 390 and 440. These beams can be used for heavy-duty construction

UrBC, Moscow, November 29, 2017. Russian tour operators might cancel their last-minute offers in the summer of 2018 as chartered flights will grow more expensive, Russia’s Tour Operators Association reports. According to the Association, the price of chartered flights is expected to go up due to a number of factors: an increase in the cost of jet fuel, lack of airplanes, and less fierce competition on the air travel market. The last two factors are reported to have been brought about by VIM Avia’s recent bankruptcy. As a result, the price of packaged tours will only be going up.