UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 20, 2017. Ural Airlines introduce an additional Chita-Yekaterinburg-Saint Petersburg flight every Saturday starting from July 7. According to the air carrier’s press service, they already have scheduled flights on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. The new flight’s arrival time (in Chita) is 10:10 AM and departure time (from Chita) is 11:30 AM. ‘A stopover in Yekaterinburg is an opportunity to transfer to the convenient connecting flights to other locations in Russia, the CIS, and the far abroad as well as to just have a cup of coffee, enjoy the relaxing atmosphere, and

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 20, 2017. An opening ceremony of the 2nd blue-collar jobs championship WorldSkills Hi Tech took place at ChTPZ Group’s Training Center. ‘On June 16-20, workers from the Group’s five member enterprises (Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant, Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant, ETERNO, Alnas, and Izhneftemash) will compete in the championship,’ the Group’s press service says. The contestants are all blue-collar workers aged 18 to 28 who compete in five different categories: Mechatronics, Welding Technologies, Wiring, NC Milling/Turning, and (for the first time in Russia this year)

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 19, 2017. Sverdlovsk Region Public Property Management Ministry provided local farmers and agribusinesses with 6,455 hectares worth of land allotments in the area, the ministry’s press service reports. The land allotments include 3,780 hectares in Artemovsky, 622 hectares in Achitsky, 773 hectares in Kamensky, 1,187 hectares in Gornouralsky, and 93 hectares in Gagarinsky, the press service reports. The land is currently covered with trees and shrubs and is expected to get cleared up and used for farming.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 19, 2017. Sinara Transport Machines’ Ural Diesel Motor Plant shipped its first 12-cylinder diesel engine DM 185 to Belarus’s BELAZ Car Factory. According to Sinara Group’s press service, the engine is used in heavy-duty BelAZ 7530 quarry dumpers (capacity: 200,000 to 240,000 kg) that are meant for transportation of rock and loose cargo in all kinds of climatic conditions. ‘DM 185 is currently unique to Russia and is very powerful yet considerably lighter and smaller than its earlier counterparts. Ural Diesel Motor Plant’s designers implemented all the most advanced

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 19, 2017. Malyshev 73 Society’s Dobrye Dela Charity Foundation sponsored a new workout site on Ural Federal University’s campus near students’ dorms. According to the foundation’s press service, the workout site can now be found within the perimeter of Bolshakov St, Stepan Razin St, Furmanov St, and Chapayev St. The location was decided upon by the dorms’ residents themselves. Chair of UFU Student Council Aslag Kagiyev conducted a survey among the students and submitted the results to the Dobrye Dela Charity Foundation and Anton Shipulin’s fund. To encourage the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 19, 2017. Home owners and tenants based in Sverdlovsk Region owed their suppliers 1.2bn RUR in unpaid, bad-debt housing bills as of late March 2017, Sverdlovskstat reports. The overall amount of unpaid housing bills reached 27bn RUR in April. The housing services companies provided the end users with 25.1bn RUR worth of services in the first quarter of the year, whereas the end users’ payments amounted to 22.5bn RUR, which means 89.7% of all bills did get paid. 62.2% of the housing bill amounts stem from heating energy consumption and 21.3% stem from electric power

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 19, 2017. Sverdlovsk Region’s industrial production index declined by 6.3% in May 2017 compared with one month previously, Sverdlovskstat reports. The IPI rose by 4.1% in January-May 2017 compared with one year earlier. The figure went up by 4.2% in the processing industry sector and by 9.5% in the sector for production and distribution of electric power, natural gas, and steam. Also, the index decreased by 7.4% in the fossils production sector.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 16, 2017. Sverdlovsk Region exported 34% more metal goods in the first quarter of 2017 compared with one year previously, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region’s Information Policy Department reports. The increase was noticeable both in terms of physical volume and the amount of money made and mostly had to do with the rising exports of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and metal goods. Additionally, titanium exports rose by 18%. The produce was mainly sold to customers based in Belgium, Great Britain, Greece, the Netherlands, Serbia, the United States, and the Czech Republic.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 16, 2017. EVRAZ Holding’s Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works (NTMK) can now make a new product type, namely, crane rails KR 100. The first 300,000 kg of those have already been delivered to customers, the holding’s press service reports. ‘KR 100 rails are made from K76F steel whose chemical composition makes it possible to produce rolled metal goods with BHN in the 280 to 305 range. The rails are meant for crane runways used at industrial enterprises and construction sites,’ the press service says. This year, the plant’s rail-making department is also

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 16, 2017. Alexander Fedorov was elected ChTPZ Group’s Chair of the Board of Directors at the BOD meeting on June 7, the Group’s press service reports. The company’s BOD now comprises Ilya Cherepanov, Alexei Dronov, Elena Mashtakova, Alexander Fedorov, and Sergey Yankovsky. Alexander Fedorov is one of the Group’s shareholders and, together with Andrei Komarov, controls over 80% of the company shares; he is also Chair of the BOD at Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant and Russia’s Honored Metallurgist.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 16, 2017. Sinara Group’s Sinara Development obtained a construction permit and resumed working on its contract with Ural Exhibition Center to put up Congress Center in Yekaterinburg EXPO. Sinara Group’s press service reports the company acts as both the customer and the general contractor for the project and intends to complete the construction jobs in June 2019. The goal is to put up a four-story building with a multi-purpose conference hall as its key feature. The project will require around 4bn RUR to implement. According to Sinara Development’s Director-General

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 16, 2017. Customers of the Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) can now use the bank’s financial leverage options and partially back up their trading transactions with amounts in U.S. dollars and euros, the bank’s press service reports. According to the bank’s Finance Markets Director Vladimir Zotov, leveraged transactions result in higher ROI. ‘An investor can now use a convenient mechanism backed up with both their own money and the funds borrowed from the bank. Our customers can trade amounts that are five to six times larger than their original

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 15, 2017. Fifteen hi tech companies will present their produce as part of Germany’s national stand at the upcoming 8th International Innoprom Industrial Exhibition, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region’s Information Policy Department reports. In addition to this, a Russian-German industrial forum on the options expanding production in Russia opens up for the German machine-building industry and a round table discussion on the German experience in the field of industrial digitalization are also part of the exhibition’s agenda. Matthias Schepp, Head of the Moscow-based

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 15, 2017. Some 8,000 children of people working at EVRAZ Holding’s West-Siberian Integrated Metallurgical Works, Raspadskaya Coal Company, and Evrazruda will be able to go to sports camps and health resorts this summer, with their stay funded by the company. This year, the holding has allocated over 190m RUR for the purpose, the company press service reports. ‘Summer camp and resort stays are part of a large-scale social benefits scheme EVRAZ has been implementing in territories where its assets are based. Company workers and their children can go to camps and health

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 15, 2017. Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant (ChTPZ) went through with its third 001P 04 bond issue (10bn RUR altogether), the company press service reports. The plant is one of Russia’s leading pipe manufacturers and a supplier of integrated solutions for the oil and gas companies. ChTPZ’s new bond issue attracted all kinds of investors: banks, private individuals, and management and investment companies. Because of this impressive demand, the coupon interest rate was set at 8.95% a year (9.15% by the redemption date, 131 points on the federal loan bond yield curve).

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 15, 2017. Ural Airlines keep expanding their operational network and now offer ever more flights operated from Zhukovsky International Airport in Moscow Region. The airline’s first flight departing from Simferopol arrived at Zhukovsky Airport at 7:15 PM on June 13, 2017, the air carrier’s press service reports. ‘Scheduled flights from Zhukovsky Airport to the Crimea’s capital will now be available twice a week: at 7:00 AM on Mondays and at 6:55 PM on Wednesdays; the return flights from Simferopol will be operated at 5:05 PM on Tuesdays and at 6:10 PM on Saturdays. It

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 15, 2017. Rosset’s Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems is celebrating its 15th anniversary in the Urals with company spring cleaning days, planting trees, and exhibitions of special-purpose vehicles at city streets, the company press service reports. ‘Over two hundred workers took part in spring cleaning days in Chelyabinsk, Perm, and Orenburg. They cleaned up the areas next to their buildings, removing last year’s rubbish and old leaves, painting the border stones, and planting some flowers,’ the press service says. A clean-up day is also scheduled at the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 14, 2017. Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev will take part in presenting Yekaterinburg’s application to host EXPO 2025 on June 14. The presentation will take place within the framework of the Bureau International des Expositions’ General Assembly in Paris, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region’s Information Policy Department reports. The application was signed by Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev and submitted to the BIE at the end of May. Yekaterinburg is going to compete in this with Paris, Osaka, and Baku. The decision will be made at the General

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 14, 2017. EVRAZ Holding’s Kachkanar Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise (KGOK) is introducing an automated control system for its sintered ore production equipment, the holding’s press service reports. The new dispatcher control unit will cut back on downtimes, increase the plant’s productivity, and improve product quality. Switching to an automated control system has been divided into three different stages, with the first one already complete. The company invested some 10m RUR into the project. ‘The plant now has up-to-date software and controllers that allow an

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 14, 2017. Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) reports a Board of Directors meeting took place on June 8, 2017. Dmitri Pumpyanski was re-elected as the Board’s Chair, Alexander Shiryaev was reassigned as the company’s Director-General, the company press service reports.