UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 13, 2019. EVRAZ Holding allocated more than RUB 11.5m to fund the repairs of and new appliances for two colleges in Nizhniy Tagil, EVRAZ Holding Ural's Corporate Communications Center reports. Nizhniy Tagil Tech Institute, which is the branch of Ural Federal University, now has a students' design office. The office has up-to-date projecting equipment, a graphic station, plotters, three 3D printers, a manual 3D scanner, and a camera with accessory lenses,' the company says. The new equipment made the learning process much more interesting and

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 13, 2019. According to the Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD), the Russian Central Bank's next meeting on December 13 will very likely result in a drop in the key rate down to 6.25% p.a. (-0.25%). The bank's representative believes the declining key rate will have a very modest impact on the Russian ruble's exchange rate against other global currencies. 'Since the key rate will probably only go down a little, these expectations have already had their effect on the exchange rate. We expect the U.S. dollar to cost around RUB

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 13, 2019. Raspadskaya Mine's teams reached this year's target output ahead of schedule, extracting 6,500,000,000 kg of coal by early December. EVRAZ Holding's Raspadskaya Coal Company's management congratulated the miners on their success. According to the company's press service, miners at Raspadskaya Mine worked on three different coalfaces this year, with three stoping teams at work. The mine produced up to 750,000,000 kg of coal every year. To ensure efficient extraction and stoping performance, four new highly productive

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 13, 2019. Sverdlovsk Region Legislative Assembly Council confirmed the agenda for this year's final sitting. One of the points the deputies will be looking into is setting up the 8th administrative district in Yekaterinburg (District Akademicheskiy). The draft bill to this effect was originally initiated by Yekaterinburg Duma. 'Two draft bills concerning Yekaterinburg will be considered. Yekaterinburg Duma's proposal to set up District Akademicheskiy of Yekaterinburg as an administrative unit will be worked through in three readings at the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December13, 2019. MegaFon, Rostelecom, VimpelCom, and MTS signed an agreement of intentions to work together on the development of the fifth-generation communication networks in Russia. According to MegaFon's press service, the parties are looking into ways they could join their efforts in order to introduce the 5G subsystem within priority frequency ranges. 'We are also considering setting up a joint venture. In case a JV does get established, the company will deal in electromagnetic compatibility research and in finding new slots within the RF spectri of 700