UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 3, 2019. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) celebrates Knowledge Day by launching its Schoolchildren’s Card Project, with Grade 1-11 students getting the bank’s debit cards, the bank’s press service reports. ‘The children and teens can use the cards to pay for their school lunches and as their entry ID. Besides, some schools might accept these as their library cards. The debit cards will be issued and administered by the bank free of charge; they will serve as complementary cards for the schoolchildren’s parents’ accounts, which means the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 3, 2019. EVRAZ West-Siberian Integrated Metallurgical Plant (ZSMK) is getting its railcars fitted wit GLONASS navigation systems and fuel meters, the company’s press service reports. ‘The navigation system can track the locos’ movement, speed, the direction they are moving in, and the stops they take. The fuel meters track their fuel spending, which lets you design the best logistics scheme, distribute the workload evenly among the railcars and locos, and react to emergencies in a timely manner,’ the press service says. EVRAZ ZSMK had its automobiles and trucks

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 3, 2019. ChelPipe Group is introducing digital services for students on the company’s Future of White-Coated Metallurgy Corporate Training Program. According to the Group’s press service, every student on the program can access their personal account at www.pervouralsk.bbmprof.ru (Pervouralsk Metallurgical School’s website) starting with the new academic year. The account contains all the data relevant to the training program. The account provides students with information on their classes, homework, grades, teachers, reading assignments, and latest news.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 2, 2019. OOO FORES and its partner company TekhnoKeramika allocated RUB 450,000 to fund the equipment for TekhnoKeramika Children’s Hockey Club at School 8 in Shadrinsk, the company’s press service reports. This summer, the club received three new exercise bikes and two rowing simulators. ‘We’ve been wishing for these appliances for a long time: cycling makes your legs stronger, which is important for skating, while rowing is good for your legs, arms, and abs,’ says the club manager Stanislav Safarov.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 2, 2019. Ural Capital Repairs Plant, Novouralsk Priority Social and Economic Development Area’s first resident, launched its production site in Novouralsk, Rosatom Corporation’s Ural Electrochemical Combine’s press service reports. The plant gets housed by OOO AMK UEKhK (site area: around 500 m2); hoisting appliances and other equipment are also being delivered onto one more site, 600 m2 large. The plant founder OOO PromStankoGroup is prepared to invest more than RUB 24m into production development in the next three years. According to the press service, the

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, September 2, 2019. Metallurg Charity Foundation coordinated its usual series of 2018 performance report meetings for Magnitogorsk locals; one of the meetings took place at S.Ordzhonikidze Metallurgists’ Culture Palace in District Ordzhonikidzevsky’s Right Bank on August 29. According to MMK Group’s press service, MMK Director-General and member of the foundation’s board of trustees Pavel Shilyayev and State Duma deputy and member of the board of trustees Vitaly Bakhmetyev attended the meeting as guests of honor. ‘The foundation was set up thirty years ago last year.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 2, 2019. EVRAZ Holding keeps supporting Uralets Children’s Sports School in Nizhniy Tagil. The company allocated RUB 350,000 for the school’s children’s martial arts project this year, EVRAZ Holding Ural’s Corporate Communications Center reports. The funds were used to buy certified sports equipment (helmets, foot fixtures, and gloves) so that the children could compete in international Tae Kwon Do and kickboxing competitions. Some of the money went to covering the young sports players’ competition-related travel. ‘Uralets player Semyon Vostrikov joined the

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, September 2, 2019. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) saved more than RUB 2.5bn through a series of efficiency-boosting measures in the first half of 2019, the plant’s Information & PR Department reports. MMK Group adopted a number of strategic initiatives aimed at improving its operational and functional efficiency as early as 2015; since then, the company has been working on many levels to reduce all kinds of resource spending and has stayed on the lookout for more ways to enhance its resource efficiency. As a result, MMK has made RUB 18.5bn in extra profit

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 30, 2019. Russian Auction House is currently advertising a new lot: a land allotment and a nonresidential building on the shore of Lake Tavatui, Sverdlovsk Region, the company’s reports indicate. Potential bidders are invited to buy a share in OOO MAV’s authorized capital, as the company in question owns the 2.5-hectare land allotment and the 925.7-square-meter building. The place is located in Nevyansk District, within 850 meters to the north of the settlement Tavatui. ‘This private, premium-class building is situated on the shore of Lake Tavatui, away from the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 30, 2019. 1,500 people are expected to visit the 4th Russian Cities 2020/Project Territory Forum in Yekaterinburg, Head of Yekaterinburg Council’s Department of Economics Alexei Pryadeyin said at a recent press conference. According to Pryadeyin, the venue has changed from Yeltsin Center to the Hyatt Hotel this year. ‘The forum covered two plenary sessions and sixteen separate sections last year. This year, we are planning on three plenary sessions and around thirty separate sections. About 1,000 people came to the event last year, whereas this year, the expected

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 30, 2019. Senior Design Engineer at EVRAZ West Siberian Integrated Metallurgical Plant (EVRAZ ZSMK) Sergey Nagibin won silver in Mechanical Reverse Engineering at WorldSkills 2019 in Kazan, EVRAZ Holding Siberia’s Corporate Communications Center reports. ‘Sergey Nagibin competed in the Future Skills section that covers promising job skills that the hi tech production and digital economy will likely need soon. The section comprises 25 different subcategories, including Space Systems Engineering, Quantum Technology, In-Company Protection Against Insider Threats for

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, August 30, 2019. Vadim Akhmetov and Vladislav Yevdokimov, two students of Magnitogorsk Polytechnic School (founded at the initiative of Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works/MMK), won silver in Industry 4.0 at the 45th WorldSkills 2019 Championship in Kazan, MMK’s Information & PR Department reports. ‘The section on Future Skills has been introduced in the championship for the first time in the history of the WorldSkills Movement. In this particular category, WorldSkills contestants compete in the kinds of blue-collar job skills that are needed in hi tech production and

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 30, 2019. Small and medium enterprises deposit increasingly more money with banks, the Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development’s website states. According to the Deposit Insurance Agency, the overall amount of state-insured bank deposits opened by small businesses and sole traders increased by 0.3% in the first half of 2019. The UBRD Corporates Development Director Elena Sorvina says the upward trend took off after the new law on the state insurance of bank deposits opened by SMEs (up to RUB 1.4m per deposit holder) came into effect on January 1, 2019. The

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, August 29, 2019. MMK Group’s member enterprise Magnitogorsk Plant of Rolling Rolls was founded fifteen years ago this month. Over the years, the plant has grown into the home market leader and one of Russia’s largest centrifugally cast sheet-rolling roll and section steel roll manufacturer, MMK’s Information & PR Department reports. In 2005, one year into operation, the plant worked together with the Slovenian company Valji Group d.o.o. to master the technology for making two- and three-layer centrifugally cast sheet-rolling rolls. The following August, the plant

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 29, 2019. A solemn awarding ceremony was held for the Russian Bandy Super League teams in Pervouralsk this week; the winners — bandy players, their coaching staff, and Uralsky Trubnik’s personnel — received their Russian Championship bronze medals and other awards there. Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev, ChelPipe Group’s Chair of the BOD and President of Uralsky Trubnik Bandy Club Alexander Fedorov, and Director of Russia’s Bandy Federation Yuri Molotkov all attended the ceremony. According to ChelPipe Group’s press service, Uralsky Trubnik set its

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, August 29, 2019. Magnitogorsk-based Metallurg Charity Foundation recently held a meeting on the upcoming Knowledge Day celebrations. The meeting was attended by heads of special-needs schools in Magnitogorsk and the nearby villages, the Information & PR Department at Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) reports. More than RUB 157m got allocated for the comprehensive children’s support program (of which Knowledge Day events and activities are part of) in the first seven months of 2019. The program centers on supporting the social infrastructure facilities in the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 29, 2019. Ural Airlines will soon introduce yet another international flight from Zhukovsky Airport to Amsterdam, the air carrier’s press service reports. The flight will get operated twice a week, that is, every Wednesday and Saturday, code-shared with KLM. Departure (Zhukovsky): 11:15 AM Arrival (Amsterdam): 12:45 PM Departure (Amsterdam): 1:45 PM Arrival (Zhukovsky): 7:05 PM Prices start from RUB 14,157 (carry-on luggage only) and RUB 18,597 (carry-on luggage and one piece of luggage). ‘Amsterdam is a dream destination, a kaleidoscopic location. The place is

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 29, 2019. OOO FORES placed a claim against Asbest Duma deputy Natalya Krylova with Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court this month. The defendant wants some of Krylova’s statements to be declared inaccurate, and to have these statements removed from Krylova’s social media accounts. The statements in question were made in May through July 2019 and concern the composition of the raw materials FORES is using, and the company’s environmental impact. According to FORES, they are suing Krylova as a natural person. ‘The plaintiff has been making statements about the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 27, 2019. Used car sales declined by 3.5% on Yekaterinburg market in January-July 2019 compared with one year earlier, that is, down to 25,372 units, AutoStat reports. The Russian brand LADA remains the market’s bestseller: 14.8% of all used cars sold on Yekaterinburg market are LADA makes. The Japanese brand Toyota, with its 8.3% share of the market, comes next, followed by Hyundai (7.6%), Nissan (5.6%), and KIA (5.6%). Together, these five brands make up over 40% of the used car market in Yekaterinburg.

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, August 27, 2019. The All-Russian Viktor Pshenichnikov MMK Judo Cup Championship will take place at Ivan Romazan Culture Palace in Magnitogorsk on August 31-September 2, 2019. Eligible to compete are young men in the under-eighteen age group. The event gets coordinated by Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK), Magnitogorsk Department of Physical Culture, Sports & Tourism, and Magnitogorsk Judo Federation. ‘The goal of the championship is to promote the development of judo as a sport and make it more popular and to help the participants gain some competition