UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 15, 2017. EVRAZ Holding’s Kachkanar Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise (KGOK) recently made and shipped to customer its 200,000th batch of 1,000 kg of pellets. The batch got delivered to Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works (NTMK), where it will be used for making pig iron in blast furnaces, EVRAZ Holding Ural’s Corporate Relations Center reports. ’EVRAZ KGOK’s produce fully meets the metallurgical enterprises’ requirements. Thanks to its recent quality improvement programs, the company’s pelletizing plant only makes the best quality pellets that we

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, December 15, 2017. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) was featured in the WWF Top10 rating of Russia’s environmentally responsible mining and metallurgical companies, MMK press service reports. MMK came 8th in the rating, which is the best result among all Russian ferrous metallurgical enterprises. The rating and the findings of the research it was based on were presented at the UN representation in Russia on December 11, on the eve of the 5th All-Russian Environmental Protection Congress. The rating of Russia’s environmentally responsible mining and metallurgical

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 15, 2017. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development keeps expanding the range of non-banking services it can offer its customers. Together with TaxFree4U LIMITED, the bank recently launched a mobile tax return application for its private customers; the app is useful to get your tax money back on purchases made in Great Britain, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, and Finland. UBRD cardholders can download their TaxFree4U app via AppStore or Google Play. According to the bank’s press service, the tax return option is particularly useful around New Year break,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 15, 2017. Sinara Group’s Sinara Development, the general contractor for the rebuilding of Yekaterinburg Stadium in time for the World Cup 2018, completed all the construction jobs on the site, the Group’s press service reports. Before the end of the year, the contractor will also finish working on the visual communication appliances and security systems as well as interior design. Yekaterinburg Arena’s navigation system was developed with many factors in mind, including intensity of visitor traffic, security, and the convenience of getting around the site. The

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, December 15, 2017. Russian Copper Company is currently taking part in the International EcoTech 2017 Exhibition; Russia’s Minister for the Environment & Natural Resources Sergey Donskoy and the UN Vice Secretary-General, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme Erik Solheim paid a visit to the company’s stand, their press service reports. Sergey Donskoy presented the company to Erik Solheim as a large Russian mining and metallurgical holding that places great emphasis on environmental safety of its production facilities and environmental