UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 14, 2016. Markswebb Rank & Report stated once again that the Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) offers some of the best terms and conditions to small enterprises, the bank’s press service reports. The agency checked on the settlement and cash service rates of twenty-two Russian banks in November. As it happens, the UBRD’s fees for B2C and B2B companies, retail traders, and sole traders are among the lowest on Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, and Novosibirsk markets. ‘We are willing to offer the best terms and conditions to any

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 14, 2016. A free shuttle will be provided for all those willing to see the grand boxing show organized by Russian Copper Company at Yekaterinburg Expo on December 17, the company press service reports. Five green NefAZ buses will serve the line from Dirigible Mall to Yekaterinburg Expo and back. They leave the mall parking slot between 4PM and 7PM and take the boxing fans back between 11PM and 1AM. Russia’s Alexander Povetkin and Canada’s Bermane Steverne’s 12-round fight for WBC heavyweight champion title is going to become the key feature of the boxing event on

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 13, 2016. Rails made at EVRAZ Holding’s Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works (NTMK) are now used for putting up subways in Georgia’s capital. More than 350,000 kg of rails have already been delivered to Tbilisi, the company press service says. The 25-meter-long P50/NT260 rails are meant for the new station University. This is going to be the 23d station on Saburtalinskaya Line. ‘EVRAZ NTMK rails meet all the modern technical standards and got certified for compliance with the Customs Union’s requirements. Every item undergoes automated non-destructive

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 13, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ) celebrates seventy-five years of engine-making on December 12, the company press service reports. The very first engine made completely in Chelyabinsk got assembled on December 12, 1941. This special date is now considered the start of engine-making activities at the plant. Chelyabinsk Kirov Plant, as it was then called, was making as many as ten B-2 diesel engines a day by January 1942 and had supplied over 9,000 engines to the front by the end of the year. In 1944, the plant reached a

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 13, 2016. The 5th extension to Greenwich Shopping Mall will open in Yekaterinburg on December 16. The new building is connected to the city’s Arboretum and Geologicheskaya Subway Station via two underground walking tunnels, the developer reports. The developer, Obschestvo Malysheva 73, spent more than 6bn RUR on the building, which is 69,000 m2 big. Thus the mall’s entire area (including all the parking lots and all the facilities) comes to 339,176 m2. ‘This is the last extension to the mall, and it is now that everyone can see the entire set of buildings as it

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 13, 2016. Russian Copper Company and their syndicated loan Mandated Lead Arranger Natixis completed the transaction that provides the former with a five-year, non-revolving $300m loan, the company press service reports. Six international financial groups joined the deal as Mandated Lead Arrangers: Russia’s Alfa-Bank, the UK’s UBS, Russia’s Sberbank, France’s Société Générale, Russia’s Rosbank, and Russia’s UniCreditBank. Quite a few banks proved very interested in the deal, with many more bids placed than could actually get accepted. The French international bank

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 13, 2016. Beloyarskaya Nuclear Power Plant directed over 42.2m RUR to environmental protection measures last year. For one, the plant’s treated water disinfection unit was reconstructed and switched from chlorination to ultraviolet treatment, the plant’s press service reports. The news was announced at a presentation of the plant’s environmental safety report for 2015 that Beloyarskaya representatives made at Atomic Energy Information Center in Yekaterinburg. The report was presented to members of Sverdlovsk Region and Zarecnhy Public Chambers, Zarechny council

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, December 12, 2016. The construction site for a new steel service facility was launched in Tatarstan, Russia, on December 12. This is going to be a joint venture run by Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) and Coşkunöz Alabuga, a pressed parts manufacturer. The facility is to be located in Alabuga, Russia’s largest special economic zone for industrial enterprises. The solemn launching ceremony was attended by President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Boris Dubrovsky, MMK Chair of the BOD Viktor Rashnikov, Coşkunöz Holding AŞ Chair of the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 12, 2016. Designers from Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ) created a special version of PK-70K.0001 loader on the basis of the plant’s largest serially produced loader by order of their customer ALROSA, the plant’s press service reports. The vehicle got tested successfully at the plant’s testing range and is now being tried out in Yakutia, where the loader is used at a mine for loading rock and macadam. A new high-capacity scoop proved particularly handy for the larger imported dumpers with large-size bodies. Unlike its standard

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 12, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Rubtsovsk subsidiary met all of this year’s defense procurement requirements ahead of schedule, the company press service reports. Under the terms of their three-year contract, the plant was to make eight PRP-4A mobile reconnaissance posts and six group set of spare tools and accessories to go with them as well as to repair 23 BMP-2 infantry combat vehicles. The products got commissioned by the plant’s military representative office and shipped and delivered to customer on time. Ural Vagon Zavod’s mobile reconnaissance

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 12, 2016. Ural Airlines flew this year’s 6,000,000th passenger for the first time in their operation history. The lucky traveler went from Yekaterinburg to Moscow on U6 263 flight today, the air carrier’s press service reports. ‘As is our custom, the airline presented this special passenger Denis Bardakov with a seat upgrade (to Business). According to Bardakov, he flies with Ural Airlines quite often, is the company’s Wings Club member, and is going on a business trip today,’ the press service says. Ural Airlines offered their services to 5,995,826 people in

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 12, 2016. High-speed 4G Internet connection is now available in fifty-five more locations in the Urals, the telecommunications provider MegaFon reports. The company installed hundreds of new-generation towers in the area this year, providing another 1.5m people with access to high-speed Internet connection. In addition to launching a number of 4G facilities, special efforts to improve connection and widen mobile Internet access options were made in 200 places ranging from big cities to smaller towns with population of just 100 to 150 people. ‘Equipment, sensible

UrBC, Moscow, December 12, 2016. Construction of a medical cluster will begin in Yekaterinburg’s Akademicheskiy District next year, Echo Moskvy refers to the RSG-Akademicheskoye’s Director-General Viktor Kisselev as saying. Kisselev said 170,000 m2 worth of new housing to accommodate doctors and nurses, new additions to med school campus and the city’s fertility research and birth clinic, and production facilities would be put up in the area. ‘This is, according to our wind chart indicators, Yekaterinburg’s most environmentally suitable location,’ Kisselev said. The construction project will

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 9, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s head plant keeps implementing its operation and maintenance and warranty services program for the company’s railcars, the company press service reports. To ensure the best service, the company management decided to focus on two primary tasks: maintenance and in-plant repairs of railcars. ‘First, a lifespan maintenance unit was set up to control our rolling stock. We landed contracts with railcar repair depots such as VRK-1 and VRK-2 as well as with a number of private depots that will store our spare parts for us. There are

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 9, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Uralcryomash is now making its new 15-5106 tank-type railcars (65.4m3 large) on a serial scale; the tanks are meant for transportation of liquefied natural gas and ethylene, the company press service reports. The first batch of five railcars got shipped to customers and will soon be in full use. The corporation’s press service says this new tank car is Uralcryomash’s unique development and the only such liquefied natural gas tank in the 1,520mm zone. This 15-5106 tank underwent a full cycle of certification audits and got

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 9, 2016. Russia’s first final repository for short-lived radioactive waste was recently launched in Novouralsk, NO RAO’s press service reports. The first batch of radioactive waste materials (47m3 in thirteen packs) got disposed of between November 28 and December 2. The event was attended by members of Novouralsk NGOs, the local nuclear facility representatives, and reporters, who could all watch the containers placed under the ground. The repository is an underground facility that meets all the new legislative standards and the IAEA requirements and is meant

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 9, 2016. Special workshops on how to make environmentally friendly New Year’s trees will be held at schools in Yekaterinburg’s Akademichesky District this week, RSG-Akademicheskoye’s press service reports. Kids will learn how to make a tree out of paper, rags, coffee beans, clothes pins, cocktail straws, lace, and all sorts of buttons, beads, pebbles, and flowers. Some of the trees will be made from plastic, grocery plastic bags, and glass. Twenty ‘objets d’art’ of different shapes and sizes are expected to come out as a result. ‘The year 2017 is Russia’s

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 9, 2016. Ural Airlines are now offering their customers tickets for Yekaterinburg-Paris and Yekaterinburg-Rome flights at a special price: 17,100 RUR and 20,660 RUR, respectively, the air carrier’s press service says. Flights to Paris are operated every Thursday, those to Rome every Sunday. The ticket price covers one piece of luggage under 10kg. ‘Shopping for a new wardrobe during Europe’s traditional sales season or scrolling the numerous Christmas markets are both great winter break options. Ural Airlines invite you to enjoy the Christmas magic in one of the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 8, 2016. Russia’s Industry & Trade Ministry sent a thank-you letter to Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Director-General Oleg Sienko in order to thank the company for taking part in the 3d National WorldSkills Hi Tech Championship, the corporation’s press service reports. It is stressed that ‘the championship grew to become one of the most efficient ways to find and train potential employees and generate the most up-to-date approaches to blue-collar workers’ continuous professional development. F.E. Dzerzhinsky Ural Vagon Zavod Scientific & Production

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 8, 2016. Miners of EVRAZ Holding’s Raspadskaya Coal Company’s Uskovskaya Mine met this year’s target output figures and produced 2,000,000,000 kg of coal between January and November, EVRAZ Holding’s press office reports. The mine’s five drift crews have worked through over 9km of mine openings since the start of the year, with average labor productivity at 5.6m per worker a month (the best result throughout the company so far). Uskovskaya miners manage so well due to efficient organization of labor and the use of advanced equipment. For example, the mine is