UrBC, Pervouralsk, October 24, 2018. ChelPipe Group is now one of the first Russian metallurgical enterprises to introduce an automated emission control system at the plant, the Group’s press service reports. The system has been launched at the Group’s Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (PNTZ); it relies on the innovative research findings that allow for giving up on manual gauging completely and for getting 100% of data automatically. The project required around RUR 20m in investments. The equipment comprises a multi-component infrared gas analyzer, a gas flowmeter, and a dust analyzer. The system

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 24, 2018. Seventeen people took part in the recent public hearings relating to where to put up a new building for Sverdlovsk Philharmonic in Yekaterinburg; all the seventeen hearing participants voted against the proposed location; the ballot results were published on the town council’s website. ‘All the hearing and voting procedures have been carried out properly. It is not possible to take the voters’ opinion into account as far as not pulling down an apartment building at 40 Karl Liebknecht St is concerned, in case the town council goes through with the

UrBC, Moscow, October 24, 2018. The German car manufacturer BMW is calling off 1.6m automobiles worldwide as a possible fault has been found in their exhaust gas recirculation system, which might, in the worst-case scenario, lead to flame formation, Prime refers to Bayerischer Rundfunk as announcing. The call-off pertains to cars made between August 2010 and August 2017. It was determined in the course of an internal investigation that certain automobiles’ gas recirculation system may give off the glycol-based cooling agent, which, in combination with the black carbon residue and the high

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, October 24, 2018. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) presented its new mobile apps designed with the goal of optimizing the plant’s business processes at the 7th Annual Moscow Open Innovations Forum, the company press service reports. The Forum took place at Skolkovo Foundation’s campus on October 15-17 and was dedicated to digital economy. Nine MMK representatives took part in the forum altogether, including four heads of production departments who are currently studying on MMK Director-General’s School Industry 4.0 Program. Director of MMK-Informservis Vadim

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 24, 2018. The developer RSG-Akademicheskoye is coordinating a tender for a contractor to do the design and survey work relating to a prospective new embankment along the River Patrushikha in District Akademicheskiy’s Quarter 26, the company’s press service reports. The contractor the company decides upon will have to do all the engineering survey work and produce all the design documentation for the embankment along the River Patrushikha in District Akademicheskiy’s Quarter 26, Yekaterinburg. The opening bid has been set at RUR 3,530,617 (18% VAT included). The