May 22, 2013. The Industrial Urals-The Polar Urals Energy Company got a license allowing it to operate Harp-12, a heat and power station with fire explosive capacity; the company can now operate the equipment that works under the pressure of over 0.07 MegaPascals or with water heated to more than 115 degrees centigrade and operate the natural gas consumption grid Harp 12 that uses and transports natural gas, the company’s press service reports. The station went through an equipment upgrade last year, which enhanced the station’s performance reliability considerably and improved its

May 22, 2013. The production of A600C heat-treated fittings that meet the STO ASChM 7-93 requirements was launched at Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) recently. The new kind of produce was mastered in accordance with MMK’s program on the design and mastering of new fittings production technologies. ‘Thanks to the up-to-date heat treatment line that is installed on our very new section mill Danieli, we can now produce goods with the entire range of the necessary mechanical properties that meet А600С standards, as the rolled stock made from the (very popular in Russia) А500С grades of

May 22, 2013. Four engineers employed with the Omsk-based KBTM, a transport machine-building design office that is part of Uralvagonzavod Corporation, won in the first round of the prestigious All-Russian Engineer of the Year 2012 Contest. The solemn awarding ceremony took place in Omsk Region Ministry for Industrial Policy, Communications, and Innovational Technologies, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. Vladimir Mishin, a department head with 43 years’ work record at KBTM, was given the title of the laureate of the Engineer of the Year 2012 Contest. Sergey Bondarenko, a

May 21, 2013. Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ), which won a tender for supplying vehicles to Russia’s Ministry of Emergencies, has already shipped 2 B-12 bulldozers to the customer, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. The customer will receive the standard, series-produced vehicles, but with larger 690-mm tracks that are suitable for performing on softer soils. What is more, the vehicles are fitted with three-shank rippers, which allows for more uses. The tractors can be employed for clearing up the debris after some man-caused accidents or natural disasters. This is the first

May 21, 2013. The quality of 12-132 high-sided wagons produced at Uralvagonzavod meets the highest standards set by the Russian Quality program. This has been confirmed by the All-Russian Quality Organization’s diploma issued to Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s head plant. Under this program, the quality of goods is assessed on the basis of qualitative, measurable data that are obtained in accordance with a pre-determined procedure and are put down in a report. Not only the quality of a product or a service is assessed, but also the conditions in which it was produced and sold, as this affects

May 21, 2013. The employees of Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (a member of ChTPZ Group) took part in the international Clean Shores program. The Clean Shores days are organized two times a year at the initiative of EnviroChemie, a German company. On these days, everybody takes part in a large clean-up; this year, the event took place in several parts of Russia as well as Lithuania, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. On May 18, Pervouralsk’s Nizhniy Pond and one of the world’s most beautiful lakes the Issyk-Kul were cleaned from all the waste, ChTPZ Group’s press service reports. About 60 m3 of waste was

May 21, 2013. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) proved Russia’s banking market first player to use the ruble as the VISA international payments currency. According to the UBRD Bank Card Management Director Alexei Piskunov, this will bring the costs down for ruble-card holders when they use their cards abroad, the bank’s press service reports. ‘We used to recommend our customers to open euro accounts before using their UBRD-issued VISA cards in countries that have their own currency, such as Turkey, Egypt, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, and some others. The thing is, our

May 21, 2013. On May 17, on the third day of the SITDEF-2013 exhibition’s opening, a delegation headed by Commanding General of the Peruvian Army General Ricardo Moncada Novoa visited Uralvagonzavod’s stand again, the corporation’s press service reports. The Commander-in-Chief personally examined a life-size working model of the T-90C tank and got acquainted with the specific design features of this armored vehicle. Later on, negotiations were held between Peru’s Commanding General of the Peruvian Army and Rosoboronexport and Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation; it was

May 20, 2013. Ural Airlines is launching as many as two new scheduled flights this month: the Yekaterinburg-Khanty-Mansiysk flight and the Moscow-Blagoveshchensk one, with a stopover in Yekaterinburg, the airline’s press service reports. The flights from Yekaterinburg to Khanty-Mansiysk will be operated from June 17, every Monday and Thursday; the flights to Blagoveshchensk will be launched on June 18 and will be operated on Mondays (the return flight to Yekaterinburg will be available on Tuesdays). All of Ural Airlines’ flights are operated using the modern Airbus 320 liners that have both

May 20, 2013. Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ, a member of Uralvagonzavod Corporation), shipped 2 electromechanical transmission bulldozers to one of the mining companies in the Polar North that deals in mineral deposit development, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. The company needed the vehicles in the high drawbar category for uncovering solid soils and producing the minerals. The miners were choosing out of the Chinese and Russian products and decided on the ChTZ bulldozers. They say their choice was influenced by the fact that Chelyabinsk-produced vehicles are reliable,

May 20, 2013. Peru’s Deputy Defense Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Army Forces gave a very high estimate of the T-90C tank in the course of their visit to Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation’s stand at SITDEF 2013 arms exhibition in Lima. The T-90C tank was given a central place in the Russian exposition; it was presented at an indoor site and aroused a lot of interest from both the experts and simple visitors to the exhibition, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. Commanding General of the Peruvian Army General Ricardo Moncada Novoa looked very

May 20, 2013. Deputy Mayor of Yekaterinburg for National Events Coordination Sergey Tushin said Yekaterinburg Red Line might acquire its own infrastructure in the nearest future. The Red Line is more than just a red line on painted on the asphalt. This is an important project that is starting to acquire its own infrastructure. For one, all of Yekaterinburg’s information kiosks are supposed to be linked to the Red Line system. A number of local maps also display the Red Line on them, and this year, a municipal program on ‘coding’ the buildings began. The idea is to assign a QR code to all the

May 20, 2013. OAO Kamenskoye (one of the Mid-Urals’ largest agricultural enterprises and a member of Sinara Group) keeps up with its sowing campaign. This spring, the overall planted acreage is expected to rise by 1,000 hectares and to come to more than 14,000 hectares. Most of the land will be used to plant crops: over 2,000 tons of wheat, barley, and oat seeds have been prepared for the sowing. Barley, a popular animal forage grain, is expected to make up a large share of all the planted crops. More than 3,000 hectares of arable land has been allocated for this. To ensure good harvest,

May 17, 2013. 5 employees of Uralvagonzavod Corporation's head plant were given high-profile state awards for their outstanding work achievements. They took part in the solemn awarding ceremony that took place in Plenipotentiary Representative of Russian Federation President in Ural Federal District's Yekaterinburg residence. The awards were given out by Plenipotentiary Repesentative Igor Kholmanskikh, Uralvagonzavod Corporation's press officer reports. The orders and decorations were awarded in accordance with the Russian President Vladimir Putin's Decree 249 On Giving

May 17, 2013. Sinara Pipe Plant (SinTZ), a member of Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK), held 7th sports tournament for school students at Kamensk-Uralsky-based Olympus Sports Palace, the company's press service reports. The SinTZ Prize Tournament was dedicated to Anatoly Brizhan in 2011; Brizhan was one of the enterprise's legendary directors who inspired a lot of sports events for the pipe plant workers of all ages for more than 25 years. This year, teams from six SinTZ-patronized schools from Sinara District competed for the crystal cup. Over 100 young sportsplayers took part in

May 17, 2013. Inflation rates in Russia are not expected to exceed 6% by the end of the year, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov announced yesterday. At the same time, should this forecast prove wrong, the authorities promise to adjust the pension and other social welfare payments according to a corresponding index, Bank Koltso Urala's press service says. Quotes RBC Daily: 'If inflation rate comes to more than 6%, we must apply the index. However, we feel this limit will not be exceeded during the first six months. And we generally feel that the annual inflation rate will stay

May 17, 2013. Yekaterinburg Council is setting up an ad hoc team that will be in charge of speeding up the coordination of all the road repair schedules and projects, the council's press officer reports. Experts from the council's respective committees, contractors' representatives, and road police officers will be meeting at the town hall through the summer road construction season every Tuesday in order to coordinate the closing and repair of roads. Such an approach to road repairs will ensure a faster decision-making on a whole range of problems that can hardly be resolved

May 17, 2013. The number of people who are not allowed to travel abroad because of their debts is growing every year. In 2009, 900 people were denied exit, in 2012 the figure rose to as many as 40,000 people. So far this year, 12,000 debtors were not allowed to leave Russia; their debts totaled to 7.5bn RUR altogether. The 12,000 figure comprises 2,500 people who don’t pay their children’s alimony; their debts amount to 0.5bn RUR. Also, about 4,000 peoples with unpaid loans were denied exit from the country; their debts come to 5bn RUR, Chief Court Officer of Sverdlovsk Region Sergey

May 16, 2013. Tankograd, a veterans’ club of Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ, a member of Uralvagonzavod Corporation), was declared the best in the Socio-Political Organizations category, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. The plant club’s Chairman Eduard Sobolev was given an honorary certificate signed by the city manager of Chelyabinsk Sergey Davydov in the course of a solemn ceremony. In his thank-you speech, the head of Tankograd expressed his gratitude to the city for the high estimate of the veterans’ efforts in the field of the military-patriotic education of young

May 16, 2013. Sverdlovsk Railways’ freight turnover rose by 4.2% in April 2013 against April 2012 and amounted to 15.88bn ton-kilometers. The April shipments amounted to 10.9m tons, which was 0.5% less than in April 2012, Sverdlovsk Railways press service says. In the first ten days of May, a number of continuous production cycle enterprises from the metallurgical and O&G sector exceeded their target figures for shipments. What is more, an ad hoc counter planning team resumed its work on organizing cargo shipments for building socially important assets in the north of Ural Federal