UrBC, Magnitogorsk, January 30, 2019. MMK Group’s trade union is now coordinating a series of job safety seminars as part of Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) Safety Workshop. The training is targeted at the public authorized representatives for job safety and is meant to upgrade their professional qualifications in the field. According to MMK’s Information & PR Department, these job safety trainings are, in fact, a regular occurrence, but a new, revised program has been designed by the Group’s trade union and teachers from Personal HR Center to ensure healthy and safe working

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, January 30, 2019. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) is going to allocate RUB 300 million to re-house the victims of a gas leak explosion in an apartment building in Magnitogorsk on December 31, 2018, MMK Chair of the BOD Viktor Rashnikov says. It was reported earlier that MMK has already directed around RUB 100 million in support of certain victim categories as well as in donations to a special-purpose emergency donation account set up in aftermath of the tragedy. ‘Within an hour of the explosion, MMK professionals joined the rescue teams and helped with the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 30, 2019. Ural Airlines introduce additional Irkutsk-Moscow (Domodedovo)-Irkutsk flights starting March 31, 2019. According to the air carrier’s press service, flight U6 16 (Irkutsk-Moscow) will get operated every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; flight U6 15 (Moscow-Irkutsk) will get operated on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. Prices start from RUB 10,599 (one way) and from RUB 17,693 (there and back). Special prices apply to group tickets. The departure and arrival slots are very convenient for passengers boarding in Irkutsk: there are plenty of connecting

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 30, 2019. Rosatom/TVEL Corporation’s Novouralsk-based member enterprise CentroTech Scientific & Production Association is now working on polymeric containers for mechanical and climatic damage-proof transportation of TVEL Corporation’s Chepetsky Mechanical Plant’s zirconium-based products, Ural Electrochemical Combine’s press service reports. CentroTech only uses the most up-to-date equipment meant for processing of polymeric and composite materials to make the containers, relies on a unique combination of various materials in the different layers of a

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, January 29, 2019. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) hot-roll Mill 2000 set yet another output record last year, when 6,200,000,000 kg of hot-rolled goods got produced in the course of twelve months, MMK’s Information & PR Department reports. The previous record got set at the end of 2016, when the year’s output figure reached 5,948,000,000 kg of hot-rolled produce. In 2018, the figure was 6,200,000,000 kg. ‘The plant’s most productive rolling mill is located at Sheet-Rolling Department 10. The mill is one of Russia’s most powerful and advanced units. The

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 29, 2019. RSG-Akademicheskoye is coordinating a tender to find a designer for a set of apartment buildings with a number of built-in and/or attached common housing premises and underground parking lots (Blocks 12.1 and 12.6 in District Akademicheskiy’s Quarter 12), the developer’s press service reports. The winning bidder will get a contract to design a building information model for Blocks 12.1 and 12.6 in Quarter 12, as well as to draw/design the project documentation on the said Blocks 12.1 and 12.6 based on their engineering survey work. The drawing and the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 29, 2019. Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems (FGC UES) intends to spent RUB 1.9 billion on repairing its electric power facilities in Western Siberia this year. According to the company’s Western Siberia division’s press service, the repairs are meant to ensure more reliable power supply to end users in Tyumen Region, Khanty-Mansiysky Autonomous Region, and Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous Region, where over 3.6 million people live. ‘Thirteen power equipment units, 167 switches, and 751 disconnecting devices will get repaired at our 220-kilowatt and 500-kilowatt

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 29, 2019. RSG-Akademicheskoye is coordinating a tender to find a contractor for repair jobs on apartment buildings, commercial property, parking lots, and common housing facilities, the developer’s press service reports. The contractor will have to come up with cost estimates for the said repair jobs on apartment buildings, commercial property, parking lots, and common housing facilities, and to complete these within the time slot between the date the contract gets signed and the deadline for meeting all of the contractual obligations. The opening bid has been set

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 29, 2019. Sverdlovsk Region’s public prosecution authorities for transportation are now investigating the case of Rossiya Air Company’s airplane colliding with a special-purpose vehicle at Koltsovo Airport. ‘The rear part of the aircraft fuselage unit got damaged as a result. There were no passengers or crew members on board at the time. Passengers on the flight reached their destination point on a backup plane. Russia’s Internal Affairs Ministry’s division is also doing a preliminary inquest of the case at Koltsovo Airport,’ Ural Public Prosecution Authorities

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 28, 2019. Ural Airlines are now launching a sale on their Moscow-Kaliningrad-Moscow flights: prices start from RUB 6,170 (round trip) through March 31, 2019, the air carrier’s press service reports. You can book your flight on the company website www.uralairlines.com, on Ural Airlines mobile app, over the phone +7-800-7700-262, or at any booking office. The price of state-subsidized tickets for Saint Petersburg-Kaliningrad-Saint Petersburg and Moscow-Kaliningrad-Moscow flights is now also lower: RUB 2,000 (one way) for adults and RUB 1,500 (one way) for children

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 28, 2019. Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems (FGC UES) had its 220-kilowatt electric mains in Knyazhevo-Zavodoukovsk section in Tyumen Region reconstructed, FGC UES Western Siberia’s press service reports. The mains got reinforced with four new supports that came to replace the worn-out ones. This 220-kilowatt Knyazhevo-Zavodoukovsk Main is located between Tyumen Region’s District Yalutorovosky and District Zavodoukovsky and is involved in power transit from Tyumen Heat & Power Station 2 to the south of Tyumen Region. Special-purpose off-road vehicles

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, January 28, 2019. ChelPipe Group’s warehouse depot supplied 174,000 kg of large-diameter pipes for the fourth bridge across the Ob in Novosibirsk. According to the Group’s press service, the LDPs will be used to relocate the engineering infrastructure from the bridge construction site in Ippodromskaya St. The pipes were made at Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant (ChelPipe). The shipment comprises electrically welded, longitudinal pipes (diameter: 530 mm to 1,220 mm; layer thickness: 10 mm to 12 mm) made from improved 17G1S steel. The entire batch got shipped to customer in two

UrBC, Moscow, January 28, 2019. The Bank of Russia intends to resume making foreign currency purchases (postponed in 2018) on the domestic market starting February 1, 2019, the bank’s website states. The purchases will be made in roughly equal installments throughout the next thirty-six months, which will increase the daily purchase amount by RUB 2.8 billion. ‘The Bank of Russia reserves the right to stop making the foreign currency purchases on the home market in case there arise threats to the country’s financial stability,’ the website says.

UrBC, Moscow, January 28, 2019. The Russian banking market’s overall assets increased by 6.9% last year, mainly through the banks’ more proactive lending policies. The accumulated loan book (to both private borrowers and non-financial organizations) went up by 10.7% in 2018. The increase was most noticeable in the retail lending sector (+22.8%), the Bank of Russia’s website indicates. According to the Bank of Russia, banks tried to encourage borrowers throughout the year by offering reduced interest rates; a certain upward economic trend and people’s rising disposable incomes were also a

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, January 25, 2019. MMK Trading House set up a new office in Khabarovsk as part of the strategy to build up the share of the Far East’s rolled metal goods market, MMK Group’s Information & PR Department reports. This is the second branch the company has set up in the Far East, with the first one operating in Vladivostok. Local customers can now choose from the entire range of MMK Group’s rolled metal produce, including flat stock, profiled and section stock, pipes, coated metal goods, heavy-duty rolled products, and metal goods. The outlet can be found at 15 Tselinnaya

UrBC, Moscow, January 25, 2019. Russian banks issued 37.41 million loans to their customers in 2018 (total amount: over RUB 8.61 trillion); this exceeded the previous year’s number of loans by 18%, whereas the total loan amount increased by 46% compared with 2017, Prime refers to United Credit History Bureau as reporting. 3.7 million new loans got issued in December 2018 alone (+6%), with the total amount at more than RUB 895.97 billion (+23%). Credit cards proved the fastest-growing lending market segment: the number of newly issued credit cards rose by 40% against one year earlier, with the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 25, 2019. Seven workers of EVRAZ Holding’s Nizhniy Tagil Metallurgical Plant (NTMK) received government awards; the awarding decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, EVRAZ Holding Ural’s Corporate Relations Center reports. The solemn awarding ceremony took place at Sevastyanov House in Yekaterinburg; the medals were presented by Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev. Six EVRAZ employees - turner from the Beam-Rolling Department Vladimir Kochanov; repair technician from the Blast Furnace Department Vladimir Kravchenko; Converter Shop’s Deputy

UrBC, Moscow, January 25, 2019. The bill allowing the Russian Prosecutor-General’s Office to look into data on Russian officials’ foreign bank accounts passed its third reading at the State Duma’s last plenary session on Thursday, January 24. ‘The Russian Federation Prosecutor-General’s Office may, if necessary, ask the Russian Central Bank (which, in its turn, will enquire with the foreign countries’ central banks or other regulatory bodies in the finance sector) for data on foreign bank accounts/deposits in the name of individuals who are legally not allowed to open/hold accounts or keep

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 25, 2019. Ural Airlines are now selling tickets for their direct, scheduled Zhukovsky-Paris-Zhukovsky flights, which will get operated starting April 23, 2019, the air carrier’s press service reports. Flight U6 759/760 will get operated thrice a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. Departure (Zhukovsky Airport, Moscow Region): 10:45 AM, departure (Paris): 2:45 PM. Prices start from RUB 4,639 (one way). ‘The spring comes early in Paris, so the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame de Paris, Moulin Rouge, and the Palace of Versailles look particularly spectacular and

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, January 24, 2019. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) coordinated a financial literacy/money-earning workshop for Yekaterinburg children as part of the bank’s Children Believe in Miracles Charity Program, the bank’s press service reports. One goal of the program is to teach children how money can be made and spent wisely. Shortly before New Year, the workshop’s young participants made souvenir magnets with the program logo; the bank suggested that UBRD employees buy these. There were so many people willing to support the initiative and get the