UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 2, 2017. ChTPZ Group supplied a set of hot-deformed pipes for the reconstruction of Dinamo Stadium in Minsk, Belarus. The pipes were delivered to Molodechnensky Plant, which is in charge of making metal structures for the building, the Group’s press service reports. The shipment comprises 1,595,000 kg of hot-deformed pipes (diameter: 102 to 135 mm). The pipes, made at the Group’s Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant and Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant, will be used to make primary and secondary truss structures. ‘The Group fulfilled this order impressively fast and was chosen

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 2, 2017. EVRAZ Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works (NTMK) has become the Best Resource-Saving & Conservation-Oriented Company in the SCR contest for mining and metallurgical enterprises once again this year, EVRAZ Holding Ural’s press office reports. The plant received a special certificate for its environmental performance in 2016; NTMK holds a similar certificate as an acknowledgement of its efforts in 2015 as well. ‘The contest is coordinated by Russia’s Industry & Trade Ministry, Russia’s Mining & Metallurgical Association (AMROS), and

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, August 2, 2017. MMK Group’s MMK METIZ complied successfully with all of the international ISO 9001:2015 and ISO/TS 16949:2009 quality standard requirements, the Group’s PR Department reports. ‘MMK METIZ underwent re-certification audit and a witness audit to prove the compliance of its quality management system with the new version of ISO 9001:2015 and ISO/TS 16949:2009, respectively. The plant improved in a number of parameters and proved that it can meet its goals and comply with the quality and customer requirements policy,’ the Department says. Auditors from the German

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 2, 2017. Members of Ural Airlines Wings Club will get more bonus points into their membership card account if they buy their tickets through the airline’s official channels, the air carrier’s press service reports. To get your bonus points, you need to book tickets on the company website www.uralairlines.com, over UralAirlines mobile app, over the phone +7-800-77-00-262, or at Ural Airlines’ booking offices. ‘Bonus points are given for every trip you make with the airline; they can be used to partially cover the cost of your plane ticket. (1 RUR for every bonus

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 2, 2017. Yekaterinburg Arena, currently under reconstruction in time for the World Cup 2018 by Sinara Group’s Sinara Development, will soon have a naturally grown green lawn. The first seeds were sown in the course of a special ceremony by Vice Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Sergey Shvindt, Head of Yekaterinburg Council Alexander Yakob, and Sinara Group’s Director-General Mikhail Khodorovskiy. According to Sinara Group’s press service, it will take two different steps to get the lawn done. First, 400 kg of perennial Kentucky Bluegrass seeds (selected to get adjusted

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, August 1, 2017. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) recently held a business analysis project contest (dubbed New Look) at the plant; the idea was to use the business analysis tools offered within the software package Tableau, MMK Information & PR Administration reports. Tableau is a service that lets users visualize and process their data, get them broken down into segments, come up with forecasts based on powerful statistical technologies, and make sophisticated calculations (a visual formula tool allows for all kinds of calculations and data analysis). The

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 1, 2017. ChTPZ Group’s Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (PNTZ) is now offering summer jobs to students from local vocational schools; the project is supported by Sverdlovsk Region’s Industry & Science Ministry. According to the company press service, over two hundred students will be able to hold part-time jobs at the plant’s production departments and at its daughter enterprises. Hiring students on the Group’s Future of White Metallurgy Corporate Training Program for the summer has become common practice at the company. This year, there were some summer job openings

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, August 1, 2017. Russia’s Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the Internal Affairs Ministry signed a cooperation agreement, the South Urals CCI’s press service reports. The agreement will allow the regional CCIs and law-enforcement authorities to work more closely in the field of migrant policy. According to the South Urals Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s First Vice President Igor Aristov, working with the Internal Affairs Ministry mainly means keeping track of the current migrant problems, helping to improve respective laws, and creating mechanisms to attract highly

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 1, 2017. Rosset’s Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems (FGC UES) had the 500-kilowatt electric main connecting Votkinskaya Power Station and Yemelino Power Substation repaired recently. According to the company press service, the goal is to make power supply to Sverdlovsk Region’s and Perm Territory’s industrial enterprises more reliable. ‘The main is located in a poorly accessible spot on marshy ground. Our power engineers replaced forty guy-wires and pulled down thirty-six trees that could fall down and obstruct the main. This year, 270 faulty guy-wires

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 1, 2017. Metcombank and MSP Bank signed a cooperation agreement to provide bank guarantees within the framework of the National Guarantee System, the bank’s press service reports. The main goal is to facilitate the small and medium enterprises’ development and make getting loans easier and more affordable for SMEs. Under the terms of the agreement, MSP Bank is acting as the borrowing SMEs’ loan guarantor for Metcombank and shares the respective risks. Thanks to this guarantees, businesses can borrow more even when they cannot provide large enough security for their