UrBC, Chelyabinsk, June 14, 2019. Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant (ChelPipe) got audited successfully by Gazprom as the reliable produce supplier for the company, ChelPipe’s press service reports. The audit was focused on the plant’s primary business processes and the production departments’ performance. Upon the completion of the procedure, ChelPipe’s integrated management system got re-certified as fully compliant with the latest version of STO Gazprom 9001-2018 standard within the framework of InterGazCert voluntary certification system. One of the certification criteria the auditors looked

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 14, 2019. SKB-Bank’s customers can now get the loan statements they need online, the bank’s press service reports. There are three types of loan statements available: the ones with information as to the loan repayments the customer has made; the ones on outstanding debt; and the ones with information on the outstanding debt plus the banking information for making payments, the press service explains. To get the statement, you need to sign into your SKB Online account on your mobile device, your computer, or your tablet, go to ‘Loans’, select the specific loan you’re

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 14, 2019. 115,200 new credit cards got issued in Sverdlovsk Region in January-April 2019, which exceeded the figures for one year earlier (94,000) by 22.6%, the National Credit History Bureau’s press service reports. Even more credit cards got issued in Moscow (248,600), Moscow Region (199,600), Krasnodar Territory (157,900), Saint Petersburg (135,800), and Bashkortostan (115,300). In Russia on the whole, 3.88m new credit cards got issued by banks in January-April 2019 altogether, which was 24% more than one year earlier, when the figure was 3.13m.

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, June 13, 2019. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) saved more than RUB 500m last year by using a special mathematical model to optimize its coal purchases and spending, MMK’s Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. The savings stemmed from getting better structured coal charge and higher quality coke. ‘The model is part of MMK’s large-scale digitization strategy. The core task is to create a multi-faceted, multi-tier sintering/coke/blast furnace production model that will optimize our first-level processing production flow,’ the company says. According

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 13, 2019. MegaFon, Intel Corporation and ICS Holding’s YADRO signed a technological partnership agreement in order to work on innovative infrastructure products together, MegaFon’s press service reports. The memorandum of intentions was signed by head of ICS Holding and Chair of the BOD at YADRO Anton Cherepennikov, MegaFon’s Director-General Gevork Vermishyan, and Vice President of the Data Center Group/Sales and Marketing Group General Manager at Intel Corporation Rose Schooler. ‘We’re delighted that MegaFon will now work with ICS Holding’s YADRO to develop and

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 13, 2019. EVRAZ Holding’s Raspadskaya Coal Company presented its IT solutions for safe mining at the 26th International Trade Fair for Coal Mining Technology, Preparation and Materials Handling/UGOL ROSSII & MINING 2019. The company’s tech experts also gave talks on the new underground mining technologies at forum sessions and round table discussions. According to Raspadskaya Coal Company’s press service, the company’s Mining Dispatcher simulator (a unique development by Job Safety, Industrial Safety, & the Environment Department’s tech experts) won gold at

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 13, 2019. SKB-Bank’s customers can now make their loan payments and add money to their credit card accounts using QIWI terminals. According to the bank’s press service, the option is now available (free of charge and as many times as you wish) at Svyaznoy telecom chain’s outlets. ‘The money gets added to your card account balance immediately. The only clause is the RUB 100,000 payment limit per transaction. To complete the transaction, the store operator will need your full name and the 16-digit card number/20-digit 40817 account number,’ the press service says. The

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 13, 2019. 3,298,435 people flew with Ural Airlines in January-May 2019, which exceeded the figures for one year earlier by 9%. 1,612,969 passengers went on the airline’s domestic flights and 1,685,466 passengers flew internationally, the air carrier’s press service reports. ‘The airline operated 23,188 flights in the five months of 2019 (+5% on the year 2018), including 11,567 domestic flights and 11,621 international ones. The company’s passenger turnover rose by 11% and amounted to 8,117,044 passenger-kilometers,’ the press service says. 820,838 people flew with

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 11, 2019. EVRAZ Holding Ural’s enterprises are coordinating their usual summer healthcare campaign. More than 3,700 employees of EVRAZ Nizhny Tagil Metallurgical Plant (EVRAZ NTMK) and EVRAZ Kachkanarsky Ore Mining and Processing Enterprise (EVRAZ KGOK) and their children are going to stay at summer camps and health resorts, with the funding partially covered by the company, EVRAZ Holding Ural’s Corporate Communications Center reports. The holding allocated some RUB 86m to co-finance the summer recreation of the two companies’ employees and their children. The

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 11, 2019. EVRAZ Holding’s Raspadskaya Coal Company recently set a monthly shipment record, EVRAZ Holding Siberia’s Corporate Communications Center reports. Raspadskaya Coal Company shipped 1,720,000,000 kg of coal to customers in May; this exceeded the figures for one year earlier by nearly 300,000,000 kg. ‘The company’s previous record was set in October 2017, when 1,590,000,000 kg of coal got shipped to customers. All of the company’s departments worked smoothly together, including Kuznetskpogruztrans, Tomusinskaya Station’s Yuzhkuzbassugol, and EvrazHolding

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, June 11, 2019. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) Mill 4500 and Mill 2350 have produced 50,000,000,000 kg of rolled metal goods since the day of the launch, MMK’s Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. ‘Before the war, Mill 4500 used to operated at Ilyich Mariupol Metallurgical Plant. When the frontline drew close to Mariupol in early August 1941, the State Defense Committee ruled for the mill to get dismantled and transferred to MMK alongside the workers who ran the equipment. As soon as November 1, 1941, the first armored sheet came off the mill at

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 11, 2019. MegaFon and Fort Ross Ventures Management Company signed a strategic partnership and cooperation agreement to work jointly on innovations, technology-sharing, and finding promising investment targets, MegaFon Ural’s press service reports. Under the terms of the agreement, Fort Ross Ventures will offer MegaFon its exclusive expert advice and information on promising potential investments as well as its own portfolio-bulging campaigns. MegaFon, on its part, intends to consider the possibility of investing into the venture funds that Fort Ross Ventures acts as

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 11, 2019. SKB-Bank’s mobile app SKB Online now uses push notifications, the bank’s press service reports. The new feature is now available on all versions of Android and iOS systems. ‘The transaction authentication number now appears in a pop-up window rather than gets sent to your phone as a text message. This means no longer having to pay roaming fees for text messaging, as Internet connection is all you need. Moreover, push notifications don’t get stored in your phone’s memory, so you have more storage space left. To sign up for the option, you need to choose

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, June 10, 2019. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) and Samara Region Government signed an agreement to build a production/logistics hub in Togliatti. The project is expected to require RUB 1.2bn in investments, MMK’s Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. The agreement was signed by Governor of Samara Region Dmitri Azarov, MMK Chair of the BOD Viktor Rashnikov, and MMK’s Director-General Pavel Shilyayev in the course of a solemn ceremony at Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum. ‘Samara Region is MMK’s long-time, reliable partner. MMK’s

UrBC, Moscow, June 10, 2019. MegaFon and PJSC ROSSETI’s subsidiary Interregional Distribution Grid Company of Siberia (IDGC of Siberia) signed a long-term partnership agreement, the telecom company’s press service reports. The agreement was signed by Director-General at IDGC of Siberia Pavel Akilin and MegaFon’s Director-General Gevork Vermishyan at Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum. ‘The two companies are looking into the issues of electric power transfer; for one, special slope-measuring sensors could get installed at electric mains in Yemelyanovsky Digital District in

UrBC, Moscow, June 10, 2019. MegaFon, ICS Holding’s YADRO, and Dell Technologies announced the start of their tech partnership that will result in a series of infrastructure projects for MegaFon’s digital platform, the telecom company’s press service reports. The memorandum of intentions that set out the agreements the parties had reached was signed by MegaFon’s Director-General Gevork Vermishyan, Vice President and Director-General at Dell Technologies’ Dell EMC for Russia, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia Boris Scherbakov, and head of ICS Holding and Chair of the BOD at YADRO Anton

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, June 10, 2019. ChelPipe Group’s Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant (ChelPipe), Russia’s Natural Resources & the Environment Ministry, the Federal Supervisory Natural Resources Management Service, and Chelyabinsk Region Government signed an agreement on an action plan to reduce air emissions during Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, the company’s press service reports. The document was signed by Director-General at ChelPipe Group’s pipeline division Boris Kovalenkov, Russia’s First Deputy Minister for Natural Resources & the Environment Denis Khramov, Head of

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, June 10, 2019. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) and ETM signed a contract to have a set of electrotechnical equipment delivered to the former, MMK’s Information, PR & Advertising Department reports. ‘Under the terms of the agreement, MMK will place its order directly through ETM iPro Online Platform, which will save us plenty of time in the purchasing process and will improve the plant’s supply system greatly,’ the company says. The agreement with one of Russia’s leading professional electrotechnical equipment distributors is valid through 2020. A separate

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 7, 2019. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) Industrial Park came 30th in Expert Media Holding’s investment appeal rating of industrial parks and special economic zones. According to MMK’s Information, Advertising & PR Department, the park went up seventeen positions in the rating in 2018 compared with one year earlier, with its investment appeal rising from BB (industrial parks that are attractive enough to investors but still need service and infrastructure improvements) to A (efficient and investment-appealing industrial parks). This is the third year in

UrBC, Moscow, June 7, 2019. MegaFon and Saint Petersburg State University signed a strategic cooperation agreement this month and are going to set up a digital laboratory together, the telecom company’s press service reports. ‘The lab will test and design 5G digital products, which covers research on the 5G network radio-frequency spectrum and interfaces, data transfer speed, and signal propagation delay; resource management; grid computing; and much else besides,’ the company says. MegaFon will support the university in selecting suitable areas of research and subjects of graduation theses;