UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 15, 2016. Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) supplied a set of H2S resistant pipes for Gazprom’s Astrakhan oil/gas condensate field as part of the two parties’ import substitution program, TMK press service reports. The 89 mm and 114 mm pumping and compression pipes made of H2S resistant С90SS steel were designed specially for Astrakhan deposit, where H2S and CO2 content is particularly high. The long-term agreement TMK and Gazprom signed in October 2015 provides for design, development, and production of custom-made pipes that meet Gazprom’s technical

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 15, 2016. Russian Copper Company’s Novgorod Metallurgical Plant made 6,000,000 kg of copper cathodes last month. ‘This is the largest monthly output figure the company has reached since its expansion and launch in 2003,’ their press service says. The plant’s Director-General Oleg Chernoshtan said the entire team worked towards this production record and also stressed the importance of stable and sufficient raw stuff supply in the process. ‘Russian Copper Company’s goal is to get 6,200,000 kg of cathodes in December, so November results should be seen as the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 15, 2016. Snezhnost, ChTPZ Group’s 14th children’s festival supported by Russia’s Culture Ministry, Chelyabinsk Region Government, and Sverdlovsk Region Government, came to a close, the Group’s PR Department reports. The charity festival got rounded up with Good Horton, a play by Ozersk Drama Theater, and Our House, a comedy play, staged at Kusinsk Children and Teenagers’ Rehabilitation Center. Additionally, Moscow Puppet Theater’s play called The Scribbles Game, adjusted for special-needs children, was performed for children from Chelyabinsk foster homes and

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 15, 2016. Ural Airlines are now offering reduced-price tickets for flights to Sochi, the Crimea, and Myneralnye Vody to all Urals’ residents who enjoy an active lifestyle and extreme sports, the air carrier’s press service reports. ‘The Olympic Games 2014 host, Sochi can now boast excellent sports facilities such as Alpika Service, Gornaya Karusel, Gazprom/Laura, and Rosa Hutor. Dombay near Myneralnye Vody is famous for its mountain skiing pistes and a comfortable recreation areas in Teberlinsky National Park. Crimea’s Ai-Petri Plateau is also popular with skiers

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 14, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation presented its Tankprom Museum project at the 10th International Research-to-Practice Vehicle History & Museology Conference in Moscow. According to the company press service, the conference was coordinated by Polytechnic Museum, the Russian Academy of Sciences’ S.I. Vavilov Institute of the History of Natural Science & Technology, and the Association for Science Museum Development (AMNIT). There were four sections to this conference: History of Vehicle Development, Museology, Museum Source Studies, and Today’s Museum

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 14, 2016. Miners from EVRAZ Holding’s Raspadskaya Mine have already met this year’s target output figures (5,000,000,000 kg of coal), EVRAZ Holding Siberia’s press office reports. The mine’s management congratulated their team on this achievement, stressing in particular the efforts of Vasily Pasichinsky, Stanislav Kovtunets, and Alexei Ivanov. ‘Raspadskaya was the second Kuzbass-based mine to produce 5,000,000,000 kg of coal this year, despite the problematic increased ash content in the coal material. Now that we are moving to the sixth layer of current

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 14, 2016. Nine alumni of ChTPZ Group’s Future of White Metallurgy Corporate Training Program pledged their allegiance to the Russian Armed Forces’ flag in Gorniy Shchit, Sverdlovsk Region. According to the Group’s press service, the solemn ceremony was attended by the military from Central Military District, heads of ChTPZ Group’s Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant, and representatives of the Group’s Training Center. ‘You are going to serve your army term at one of the legendary units that is proverbial for its highly professional commanding officers, its disciplinary

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