UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 1, 2017. Russian Copper Company is interested in using the joint developments by Russian and German mining engineers, the company’s Vice President for Environmental & Industrial Safety Natalia Gonchar announced at the 10th Russian-German Raw Stuffs Forum in Saint Petersburg. Russian Copper Company’s top manager took part in a discussion on Russian-German scientific and technological cooperation in the raw stuffs sector; it was decided to set up five work teams comprising researchers from Saint Petersburg State Mining University and Freiberg Mining Academy.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 1, 2017. Rosset’s Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems is going to buy nineteen more special-purpose vehicles and automobiles for its rescue and engineering teams in Western Siberia, the company press service reports. The vehicles will be used to ensure better performance for the three West Siberian regions’ power facilities and to improve the working conditions there. The Western Siberia’s engineering teams got seventeen new vehicles this year already, including an all-wheel drive tractor with a semitrailer meant for transportation of off-roaders, a number

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 1, 2017. Ural Airlines are now offering their customers tickets for Krasnoyarsk flights that start from as little as RUR 1,500; the price covers thee cost of cabin luggage, regular luggage, and breakfast, the air carrier’s press service says. The scheduled Yekaterinburg-Krasnoyarsk flight is operated every Monday and Wednesday (the Krasnoyarsk-Yekaterinburg one is available on Wednesdays and Fridays). Wings Club members can also enjoy an additional welcome bonus (RUR 500). ‘Krasnoyarsk is an old Siberian city with plenty of industrial infrastructure. The place is

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 1, 2017. Every one in three Yekaterinburg-based customers shopping with MegaFon online places their order through their smartphone. These customers are mostly men in the 25-40 age group who prefer to shop using their mobile Internet connection, MegaFon Ural’s press service reports. Phones, smartphones, and tablets are the top three online shopping bestsellers. People tend to buy online in order to save time. According to GFK, these are Yekaterinburg-based customers who say more often than any other Russian shoppers that this is their primary motive to look for

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 1, 2017. Beloyarskaya Nuclear Power Station produced this year’s target amount of electric power ahead of schedule. The target output figures were initially set forth by the Federal Antimonopoly Service, the station’s press service reports. Beloyarskaya Station produced 9,470m kilowatt-hours as of November 27, 2017. This was possible thanks to efficient use of power-generating units and the reorganization of the station’s equipment repair campaigns. ‘The next goal is to reach the target output set for us by Rosenergoatom for the year 2017, that is, 9,553m