UrBC, Magnitogorsk, July 25, 2019. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) heavy-plate Mill 5000 got launched ten years ago this month. The mill has produced more than 10,000,000,000 kg of hot-rolled goods since then, MMK’s Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. Russian President Vladimir Putin contributed to the mill’s solemn launching ceremony back then. Putin spoke very appreciatively of the mill which proved one of MMK’s largest investment projects in decades and aimed to meet the Russian oil and gas sector’s needs first. Putin congratulated the plant’s owners,

UrBC, Moscow, July 25, 2019. 91.12% of voters agreed to the sale of Reftinskaya Power Station to Siberian Generation Company’s KuzbassEnergo for at least RUB 21bn (VAT not included) at Enel Russia’s extraordinary general meeting this month, the company’s press service reports. ‘The subject matter relating to the sale of Reftinskaya Power Station comprises movable and immovable assets, coal/raw stuff stock, and spare parts. The transfer of ownership to KuzbassEnergo must occur within eighteen months of the purchase and sale transaction coming into effect, provided that the transaction has

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 25, 2019. Russians living in Sverdlovsk Region consume 30% more meat than the annual amount recommended by the health authorities, head of Yekaterinburg Medical & Research Center for Disease Prevention and Healthcare for Industrial Workers’ Food Hygiene & Produce Quality/Food Safety Department Tatiana Mazhayeva said at a press conference in Yekaterinburg. While the recommended amount comes to 73 kg of meat a year, a Sverdlovsk Region resident living in the city consumes 78 kg of meat a year and someone living in Sverdlovsk Region’s countryside consumes 88 kg

UrBC, Moscow, July 25, 2019. Winners of the company’s Labor Dynasty Contest got selected at ChelPipe Group’s member enterprises, the Group’s press service reports. ‘Eligible to apply for the completion are families with a hundred years or more of accumulated work record at the Group’s member enterprises Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant (ChelPipe) and/or Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (PNTZ). This year, five families submitted their applications, describing their achievements and providing presentations that got assessed by a panel of jurors (including the company’s managers, trade union officials,

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, July 25, 2019. The environmental program adopted by Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) helped improve the quality of air in Magnitogorsk greatly, MMK’s Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. ‘Magnitogorsk got taken off the list of Russian cities with extremely high air pollution rate in 2018, a report by the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Rosgidromet) states. Thanks to MMK’s large-scale environmental program, the town’s air pollution index will drop down to Low by 2025,’ the company says. Now Magnitogorsk got taken