UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 21, 2018. A new road connecting Ilyinsky Rte to Metallurgov, a village near Novokuznetsk, reopened after repairs recently. EVRAZ Holding’s Raspadskaya Coal Company directed some RUR 50m to have the road reconstructed, the holding’s press service reports. ‘Road quality is quality of life. This is also an indicator of a city’s and an area’s economic development. We live and work here and would like this place to be more suited for a comfortable life, so we contribute to urban improvements and road-building. The road leading to Metallurgov gets used by our employees

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 21, 2018. MMK Group’s MMK METIZ got successfully certified for compliance with three international standards this month; two of these standards have to do with quality management control and one with environmental management control, MMK’s press service reports. The standards in question are: IATF 16949:2016 (quality management systems at car-making enterprises and spare parts-making businesses); ISO 9001:2015 (quality management systems); and ISO 14001:2015 (environmental management systems). This was the first time MMK METIZ got certified for compliance with IATF

UrBC, Moscow, August 21, 2018. The international rating agency Fitch affirmed Russia’s long-term credit rating (foreign currency-wise) at BBB-, with Positive rating outlook, the company says. The country’s short-term credit rating got affirmed at F3. According to the agency, the current rating outlook (Positive) points to the ongoing progress in the country’s improving economic policy, a more flexible exchange rate, consistent inflation targeting, and a stable budget strategy. Fitch believes the Russian economy has been handling the consequences of the U.S.-imposed sanctions (first enacted in

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, August 21, 2018. ChelPipe Group’s storage depot supplied its first set of 130,000 kg of weldless pipes to AO TYAZHMASH, the company press service reports. The GL pipes (diameter: 426 mm; layer thickness: 25 mm) will be used to build parts of a launch complex at Vostochny Cosmodrome. Given the expected in-service environment, the pipes have to meet special extra requirements. For one, ChelPipe Group’s ‘white-coated metallurgists’ made sure their produce has enhanced impact strength, 100% surface quality, and highly precise length of 7.5 meters. ‘This order for high

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 21, 2018. EVRAZ Holding’s 7th Corporate Football Championship’s final rounds took place in Kachkanar this month. The team from the holding’s Siberia branch won gold for the first time ever, the company’s PR Department reports. Five teams from EVRAZ Holding’s Ural and Siberian divisions competed in the championship: EVRAZ Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works’ team, Raspadskaya Coal Company’s team, Sibuglemet’s team, EVRAZ Kachkahar Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise’s team, and EVRAZ Siberia’s team. Raspadskaya Coal Company and EVRAZ Nizhniy Tagil