Category: Business

  • Rusatom Cargo, Korea Marine Equipment Research Institute KOMERI and South Korean shipping company Sinokor Merchant Marine Co Ltd develop cooperation

    On September 4, 2019, Director General of Rusatom Cargo Aleksandr Neklyudov, President of Korea Marine Equipment Research Institute KOMERI Kong Gil Young and Executive Managing Director of logistic company Sinokor Lim Sam Seob signed a multilateral Memorandum of Understanding on the development of Northern Transit Corridor (NTC). According to the Memorandum parties plan to exchange…

  • The first working meeting of the Northern Sea Route Public Council was held at the Eastern Economic Forum 2019

    4th September 2019, Vladivostok – The first working meeting of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) Public Council took place at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) at the Maritime State University (MSU) named after admiral G.I. Nevelskiy in Vladivostok. The meeting was attended by ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev, Director for the NSR Directorate Vyacheslav Ruksha,…

  • New climbing wall at earth’s end sponsored by Gazprom Dobycha Nadym

    New climbing wall at earth’s end sponsored by Gazprom Dobycha Nadym

    News from projects and regions September 3, 2019, 17:30 At the beginning of the new school year, a climbing wall was opened at the Seyakhinskaya Boarding School, the northernmost school in the Yamal Peninsula. The training module named Skalodrom was acquired through the grant funding of Gazprom Dobycha Nadym. The rock-climbing structure will allow the students of the boarding school to improve their…

  • Pressure test of primary circuit pipelines and equipment successfully completed at Belarus NPP Unit 1

    On 01.09.2019, hydraulic tests of primary circuit systems and equipment for strength and tightness under 24,5 MPa pressure were successfully completed at Belarus NPP Unit 1 (General Designer and General Contractor is ASE, Engineering Division of ROSATOM). High availability of the unit has given us the opportunity to perform the hot pressure test of pipelines…

  • Gazprom delegation visits China

    Gazprom delegation visits China

    Release September 3, 2019, 14:00 A Gazprom delegation headed by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee, paid a visit to China today. Beijing hosted working meetings of Alexey Miller with Han Zheng, Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, and Wang Yilin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of CNPC. The meetings were focused on the state and prospects of energy cooperation,…

  • First Foreign Branch of National Research Nuclear University MEPhI opened in Tashkent

    September 3, 2019, a grand opening of the branch of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (NRNU MEPhI) was held in Tashkent.  The ceremony was attended by Abdulla Aripov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM, Alisher Sultanov, Advisor to the Prime Minister, Minister of Energy of the Republic…

  • Alexey Miller and Moldova’s President Igor Dodon discuss prospects of cooperation in gas sector

    Alexey Miller and Moldova’s President Igor Dodon discuss prospects of cooperation in gas sector

    Background In 2018, Gazprom’s gas deliveries to the Republic of Moldova totaled 2.9 billion cubic meters of gas, an increase of 8.4 per cent against 2017 (2.7 billion cubic meters). According to preliminary data, about 1.9 billion cubic meters of gas was exported between January and August 2019, which is about the same level as last year. The contracts between Gazprom and Moldovagaz for gas supplies to and…

  • Blue Corridor – Gas into Engines 2019 Rally launched

    Blue Corridor – Gas into Engines 2019 Rally launched

    Release August 29, 2019, 16:05 The Blue Corridor – Gas into Engines 2019 Rally kicked off today in Istanbul. The large-scale international rally for vehicles powered by natural gas will traverse Europe and Russia. The event is organized by Gazprom and Germany’s Uniper. The race features more than 20 cars, trucks and passenger vehicles powered by compressed and liquefied natural gas. The rally will…

  • ROSATOM won two gold medals for Russia’s national team at WorldSkills Kazan 2019

    On August 27 two representatives of ROSATOM ascended the top tier at the closing ceremony of the 45th “Young Professionals” (WorldSkills Russia) National Competition in Kazan. Vladislav Rosov, an engineer at JSC NIIGraphit and a third-grade student of NRNU MEPhI, won the gold medal in the competence “Production of Items of Polymeric Materials”. Being guided…

  • Alexey Miller holds conference call marking Oil and Gas Industry Workers Day

    Alexey Miller holds conference call marking Oil and Gas Industry Workers Day

    August 29, 2019 Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, today held in St. Petersburg a conference call marking Oil and Gas Industry Workers Day. The heads of Gazprom Dobycha Noyabrsk, Gazprom Dobycha Urengoy, Gazprom Transgaz Saint Petersburg, and Gazprom Transgaz Ukhta made operational performance reports at the meeting. Shorthand record of message delivered by Alexey Miller at conference call marking Oil…

  • PhosAgro 2Q 2019 FCF up 22% to RUB 10.2 bln

    PhosAgro 2Q 2019 FCF up 22% to RUB 10.2 bln

    Moscow – PhosAgro (“PhosAgro” or “the Company”) (Moscow Exchange, LSE: PHOR), one of the world’s leading vertically integrated phosphate-based fertilizer producers, today announces its interim condensed consolidated IFRS financial results for the three months (2Q) and six months (1H) ended 30 June 2019.  Revenue for 2Q 2019 rose by 3% year-on-year to RUB 58.1 billion…

  • PhosAgro Board of Directors Recognises Effectiveness of Andrey Guryev’s Work as CEO and Recommends that Shareholders Approve Dividend Payment

    PhosAgro Board of Directors Recognises Effectiveness of Andrey Guryev’s Work as CEO and Recommends that Shareholders Approve Dividend Payment

    Moscow – The Board of Directors of PhosAgro, one of the world’s leading producers of phosphate-based fertilizers, heard a report by Andrey Guryev on the results of his work as CEO of the Company over the past six years and about the Company’s medium-term plans. Members of the Board of Directors noted the Company’s significant…

  • First Meeting of PhosAgro’s Sustainable Development Committee, Chaired by Irina Bokova, Reviews Company’s Contribution to Achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals

    First Meeting of PhosAgro’s Sustainable Development Committee, Chaired by Irina Bokova, Reviews Company’s Contribution to Achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals

    Moscow – The PhosAgro Board of Directors Committee on Sustainable Development has held its first meeting, which was chaired by Irina Bokova. Prior to joining PhosAgro, Ms Bokova was the first woman ever to serve as Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), a post she held for eight years. The…

  • First-of-a-kind floating nuclear power unit Akademik Lomonosov leaves Murmansk for Pevek

    August 23, 2019, Murmansk, Russia – The world’s only floating power unit (FPU) Akademik Lomonosov set sail for its final destination of Pevek, Chukotka, in Russia’s Far East, where it will provide a stable supply of clean energy. Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev gave the signal for the Akademik Lomonosov to set sail and said,…

  • He knew Gazprom inside out. Celebrating 85th anniversary of Rem Vyakhirev

    August 23, 2019 Excerpts from the book “Rem Ivanovich Vyakhirev.” Published by Real Modern Pictures, 2014. Oil rig operator. Kilometers traveled with tools on shoulder After graduation, Rem Vyakhirev was an oil field operator on patrol for several years. I can give a brief explanation to those who have no idea what it is: in the 1950s, a worker with a gas mask and a set of tools on his…

  • Optimists of Northern Capital. Gazprom Cup regatta series concludes at St. Petersburg Yacht Club

    Optimists of Northern Capital. Gazprom Cup regatta series concludes at St. Petersburg Yacht Club

    News from projects and regions August 22, 2019, 17:00 On August 21, the St. Petersburg Yacht Club held the award ceremony for the winners and participants of the Optimists of the Northern Capital. Gazprom Cup regatta – Russia’s largest national children’s sports tournament, which has been held since 2012 by the St. Petersburg Yacht Club and the Sailing Academy with…

  • Gazprom Transgaz Moscow hosts Constellation Festival

    Gazprom Transgaz Moscow hosts Constellation Festival

    News from projects and regions August 21, 2019, 17:30 On August 11–16, the Constellation Festival, Gazprom Transgaz Moscow’s corporate event for creators and performers, took place in the Kursk Region. The festival participants included over 400 representatives of the company’s branches from 14 Russian regions. The jury, which consisted of famous Russian artists and trainers, selected winners in three age groups…

  • ROSATOM files an application for the participation in the procedure for selection a strategic investor for the Belene NPP (Bulgaria) construction

    ROSATOM files an application for the participation in the procedure for selection a strategic investor for the Belene nuclear power plant construction  Under the procedure for selection of a strategic investor for Belene NPP project (Bulgaria), announced on May 22, 2019, ROSATOM filed an application for the participation in the procedure in a timely manner.…

  • Main equipment of the reactor plant has been delivered to the construction site of Unit No.3 of Kudankulam NPP (India)

    On August 7th the supplies of the reactor plant main equipment for the third unit of Kudankulam NPP in India were completed.  According to Andrey Lebedev, the Vice-President of JSC ASE EC for projects in India, all main equipment items located on the red line of the reactor pit installation have been supplied.  This is…

  • TVEL Fuel Company starts unique project of uranium tailings recycling

    Chepetsky Mechanical Plant (ChMP JSC), a subsidiary of TVEL Fuel Company in Glazov, Udmurt Republic, started pilot works of recycling the waste, which had been stored at the facility during the years of producing uranium tetrafluoride. This is Russia’s first project of recycling tailings dump bottom settings left after uranium conversion. Production of uranium tetrafluoride…

  • Zohr Gas Output Increases 3.6 times in H1, up to 11.3 bcm

    Zohr Gas Output Increases 3.6 times in H1, up to 11.3 bcm

    The consortium of Eni, Rosneft, BP, and Mubadala Petroleum together with Egyptian oil and gas companies continues the successful implementation of the Zohr gas project on the Mediterranean offshore. In H1 2019, the production on the field amounted to 11.3 bcm of gas, which is 3.6 times more than in the same period last year.…

  • Gazprom Dobycha Nadym taking part in large-scale environmental project on Vilkitsky Island

    Gazprom Dobycha Nadym taking part in large-scale environmental project on Vilkitsky Island

    Background Gazprom Dobycha Nadym is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom. The company’s key activities are production and treatment of gas and gas condensate. Gazprom Dobycha Nadym was the first gas production company in the north of Western Siberia. It was created to develop and operate the Medvezhye oil, gas and condensate field. It is now also involved in production at the Yubileynoye, Yamsoveyskoye, and Bovanenkovskoye fields. The company holds the license…

  • Yamburg sports and technical club wins silver in Nether-Polar Cross

    Yamburg sports and technical club wins silver in Nether-Polar Cross

    Background Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom. It operates in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area. The company is focused on gas and gas condensate production. Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg holds licenses for the development and production of hydrocarbons from the Yamburgskoye and Zapolyarnoye fields and is preparing for commercial production the Severo-Kamennomyssky, Kamennomysskoye-Sea, Obsky, Chugoryakhinsky, Tazovsko-Zapolyarny and Yuzhno-Parusovy subsurface areas, and, as part of joint ventures, the Parusovy,…

  • Rosatom Department of Communications Statement

    Five Rosatom staff members died and a further three people were injured in a tragic accident that took place during tests on a liquid propulsion system involving isotopes at a military facility in Arkhangelsk region.  We offer our deepest condolences, and all possible support, to the families and friends of those who died. Those injured…

  • #TogetherBrighter 2019 Festival kicks off at Gazprom Transgaz Stavropol

    Background Gazprom Transgaz Stavropol is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom. The company operates linear gas trunklines that pass through 10 constituent entities of the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of the Russian Federation. It also ensures that gas is supplied to Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, and the Republic of South Ossetia. Gazprom Transgaz Stavropol consists of 18 branches, including 10 gas pipeline operation centers. The company’s annual gas transmission volumes…

  • Gazprom Transgaz Nizhny Novgorod builds children’s playground in Morki settlement

    Gazprom Transgaz Nizhny Novgorod builds children’s playground in Morki settlement

    Background Gazprom Transgaz Nizhny Novgorod is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom that delivers natural gas to 15 regions in the Volga and Central Federal Districts of the Russian Federation. The company’s gas transmission system is composed of trunklines stretching for over 13,000 kilometers. Gazprom Transgaz Nizhny Novgorod operates 54 compressor workshops, 284 gas compressor units, 371 gas distribution stations, and 4 gas refuelers at gas pipeline operation centers. The company’s efficiency…

  • PhosAgro Welcomes Global Community’s Increasing Attention to Issues of Food Safety and Human Health

    PhosAgro Welcomes Global Community’s Increasing Attention to Issues of Food Safety and Human Health

    Moscow – PhosAgro Group welcomes the adoption of the International Code of Conduct for the Sustainable Use and Management of Fertilizers developed by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).  According to the FAO, the International Code of Conduct was developed with the aim of eliminating hunger, improving food safety and stimulating the production, distribution…

  • More than 40 students and teachers from Slovakia visited Novovoronezh NPP

    More than 40 students and teachers from Slovakia paid a familiarization visit to Novovoronezh NPP. The visit was supported by ROSATOM. The foreign guests visited the Atomic Energy Information Center in Voronezh and then headed to the viewing point of innovative power units of Novovoronezh NPP. A NRNU MEPhI senior lecturer gave a lecture to…

  • The concrete works for the Unit No. 2 turbine hall foundation slab completed at the Rooppur NPP site (Bangladesh)

    August 6, 2019 saw the completion of concrete works for the Unit No. 2 of Rooppur NPP (Bangladesh) turbine hall foundation slab. The slab structure received 3 782 tonnes of rebars and 23 550 cubic meters of concrete.  As Sergey Lastochkin, the Vice-President of Rooppur NPP construction of ASE (Rosatom Engineering Division), project has pointed…

  • TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom to supply nuclear fuel for Rooppur NPP in Bangladesh

    The solemn ceremony with regards to the Nuclear Fuel Supply Contract for Rooppur NPP was held between JSC TVEL and the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission in Dhaka on August 6, 2019. TVEL JSC is designated as the single source supplier of nuclear fuel for both units of Rooppur NPP during their entire lifecycle. “As a…

  • Gas production directorate celebrates anniversary with track-and-field race

    Gas production directorate celebrates anniversary with track-and-field race

    Background The key areas of activity of Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg are production, treatment, and transportation of hydrocarbons and a number of commercial products of partner companies. The main source of raw materials for the company is the Orenburgskoye oil, gas and condensate field that contains unique components including methane, ethane, propane, butanes, helium, mercaptans, etc. This is why the Orenburg Gas Processing and Helium Plants…

  • Gasmen coming to Russian Far East

    Gasmen coming to Russian Far East

    August 5, 2019 Sergey Pravosudov, Editor-in-Chief of Gazprom Magazine As part of the Eastern Gas Program, the Amur Gas Processing Plant (GPP) construction project is moving forward at a fast pace. The huge facility near the town of Svobodny in the Amur Region will be a crucial link in the future process chain for the supply of natural gas from the fields of Yakutia and the Irkutsk Region to China via the Power…

  • ROSATOM International Fishing Tournament held in Russia for the first time

    On August 1-2 ROSATOM held International Fishing Tournament in the waters of the Gulf of Finland. The Tournament was held in the PRO ANGLERS LEAGUE format of the European boat spinning tournament. The event was held near the Leningrad nuclear power plant (NPP), which is Russia’s largest operating NPP.   20 competitors from Russia and…

  • Unit 2 of Novovoronezh Phase II has achieved 100% power capacity for the first time

    On July 31, 2019, at 19:23, the reactor of the innovative Unit 2 of Novovoronezh Phase II for the first time was brought to the design power capacity. “The key event occurred as scheduled and in accordance with the pilot commercial operation program. We have successfully completed the comprehensive measurements program at 90% power capacity.…

  • Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg helping children’s oncology center in Yekaterinburg

    Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg helping children’s oncology center in Yekaterinburg

    Background Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom. It operates in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area. The company is focused on gas and gas condensate production. Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg holds licenses for the development and production of hydrocarbons from the Yamburgskoye and Zapolyarnoye fields and is preparing for commercial production the Severo-Kamennomyssky, Kamennomysskoye-Sea, Obsky, Chugoryakhinsky, Tazovsko-Zapolyarny and Yuzhno-Parusovy subsurface areas, and, as part of joint ventures, the Parusovy,…

  • Rosneft Increases Fuel Supplies to the Russian Market by 6% in H1 2019

    Rosneft Increases Fuel Supplies to the Russian Market by 6% in H1 2019

    Rosneft boosted its supply of motor fuel (Euro-5 gasoline and diesel) to the Russian market by 6% year-on-year in H1 2019, to 14.1 million tonnes. Gasoline and diesel deliveries increased by 4.2% and 7.8%, respectively. From January to June, the Company sold 2.6 million tonnes of motor fuel within the major trading session on the…

  • PhosAgro 2Q 2019 Fertilizer and MCP Output up 5.8% y-o-y to 2.4 mln t

    PhosAgro 2Q 2019 Fertilizer and MCP Output up 5.8% y-o-y to 2.4 mln t

    Moscow – PhosAgro (MOEX/LSE ticker: PHOR), one of the world’s leading vertically integrated phosphate-based fertilizer producers, announces its operating results for 2Q and 1H 2019. Overall output of phosphate-based and nitrogen-based fertilizers in 2Q increased by 6.4% and 3.9% year-on-year respectively, while sales declined by 3.9% year-on-year to 2.2 million tonnes. PhosAgro’s production and sales…

  • TVEL to introduce new fuel at Dukovany NPP in the Czech Republic

    TVEL JSC and Czech national power company ČEZ a.s. have signed a contractual document for introduction of the new VVER-440 fuel modification RK 3+ at Dukovany NPP. Within accomplishment of this engineering project, the new fuel will undergo a number of pre-irradiation tests, and their results would make a validation for the following licensing of…

  • First large-sized equipment for power unit 1 arrived at construction site of Akkuyu NPP (Turkey)

    The core catcher, one of the most important safety components of the power plant, is delivered to the construction site. 29 July 2019, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Turkey – The first large-sized cargo for the Unit 1 – the core catcher – has been delivered at the Akkuyu NPP construction site. This equipment, which shall be…

  • Severstal lauches Kaggle competitio for usig computer visio i productio

    Severstal lauches Kaggle competitio for usig computer visio i productio

    July 29, 2019 Severstal Digital LLC (a division of PJSC Severstal) has developed a neural network to detect surface defects in Metal Processing Shop No. 2 (TsOM-2), which produces flat rolled products at the Cherepovets steel mill (CherMK). The Company has already launched a pilot project to confirm the model’s accuracy as one of the…

  • PhosAgro’s Domestic Fertilizer Sales Rise by 14.3% year-on-year to 1.65 million tons in 1H 2019

    PhosAgro’s Domestic Fertilizer Sales Rise by 14.3% year-on-year to 1.65 million tons in 1H 2019

    Moscow – Russia’s largest mineral fertilizer distribution network PhosAgro-Region (a PhosAgro subsidiary) increased the total volume of mineral fertilizer sales to Russian agricultural producers by 14.3% year-on-year to 1.65 million tonnes in 1H 2019. Sales of PhosAgro mineral fertilizers to the domestic market increased by 17.4% year-on-year to 1.4 million tonnes in 1H 2019, while…

  • TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom supplied equipment for VVER fuel fabrication at Yibin plant in China

    TVEL JSC has supplied to China a batch of Russian-made equipment for VVER fuel fabrication at Yibin plant (Sichuan province), an enterprise of China National Nuclear Corporation’s nuclear fuel division. The consignment includes three installations for production of fuel rods, in particular, a welding complex, a rod geometry control system and VVER fuel rod lacquering…

  • Completio of Mii-Mill Balakovo Sale

    Completio of Mii-Mill Balakovo Sale

    July 25, 2019 PAO Severstal, one of the world’s leading steel and steel-related mining companies, announces that it has completed the sale transaction of Mini-Mill Balakovo to Abinsk Electric Steel Works LTD. The consideration of the transaction is $215 million. The sale of Mini-Mill Balakovo will enable Severstal to focus fully on steel production at…

  • Verkhnechonskneftegaz Produces 70-Millionth Tonne of Oil at Verkhnechonskoye Field

    Verkhnechonskneftegaz Produces 70-Millionth Tonne of Oil at Verkhnechonskoye Field

    Verkhnechonskneftegaz JSC, a subsidiary of Rosneft Oil Company, has extracted the 70-millionth tonne of oil at the Verkhnechonskoye oil and gas field. Its 400 wells ensure the daily output of approximately 21,500 tonnes of oil. The pilot operation at the field started in 2005, and since 2008 the Verkhnechonsk oil has been delivered through the…

  • Two Expeditions Start as Part of Rosneft’s Programme for Polar Bear Research on the Arctic Shelf

    Two Expeditions Start as Part of Rosneft’s Programme for Polar Bear Research on the Arctic Shelf

    Two expeditions have started on the Arctic license areas of Rosneft Oil Company as part of the Company’s polar bear research programme. The use of Russian ultra-light amphibian aircraft will provide for surveying the previously unexplored remote areas. The total length of the air survey routes will exceed 4,000 km. Specialists from the Severtsov Institute…

  • Bashneft Starts Commercial Production of RON-100 Gasoline

    Bashneft Starts Commercial Production of RON-100 Gasoline

    The Bashneft Oil Refining Complex (a subsidiary of Rosneft Oil Company) has launched the commercial production of high-octane gasoline, RON-100, under its own technology. The start-up of the new product was achieved due to the implementation of the upgrading programme at the Ufa Oil Refining Complex as part of the Rosneft-2022 Strategy. RON-100 gasoline is…

  • Rosatom Head Alexey Likhachev and Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Dönmez meet at Akkuyu NPP Construction Site

    uly 23, 2019, Büyükeceli, Province of Mersin, Turkey – Director General of Rosatom Atomic Energy Corporation Alexey Likhachev and the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Dönmez held a working meeting at the construction site of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in the Turkish province of Mersin. The parties acknowledged the progress of the…

  • The head of Rosatom A. Likhachov has sent his condolences to the members of the IAEA secretariat in connection with the death of Yu. Amano.

    Director Gerenal of Rosatom State Corporation A.E. Likhachev has sent his condolences to the members of the Secretariat of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in connection with the death of the Agency’s Director General Yu. Amano. It reads as follows: “On behalf of Rosatom State Corporation and personally, I offer deep condolences in connection…

  • Rosatom Inks Fuel Contract for China’s Tianwan NPP New Power Units

    TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom has signed the contract for nuclear fuel supply to the future power units 7 and 8 of Tianwan NPP with Suneng Nuclear Power Corporation and China Nuclear Energy Industry Corporation acting as the customers (both companies are subsidiaries of China National Nuclear Corporation, CNNC). The Contract signing ceremony took place…

  • The 23rd Session of Chinese-Russian Nuclear Subcommittee took place

    The 23rd Session of Chinese-Russian Nuclear Subcommittee took place in Nizhny Novgorod on 19 July within the framework of the Committee on preparation of regular China-Russia summits. Zhang Kejian, Chairman of the China Atomic Energy Authority, and Aleksey Likhachev, ROSATOM Director General, are the Committee Cochairmen. The Session participants summarized the year outcomes of the…

  • Museum Courtyard 2019 art project with support from Gazprom Dobycha Astrakhan launched in Astrakhan

    Museum Courtyard 2019 art project with support from Gazprom Dobycha Astrakhan launched in Astrakhan

    News from projects and regions July 19, 2019, 13:15 Photos On July 18, the Astrakhan State Art Gallery named after Pavel Dogadin launched the anniversary season of the art project named ‘Museum Courtyard 2019’ in Astrakhan. Since its creation, the project, which unites admirers of music, painting, literature and art of declamation, has attracted about eight thousand Astrakhan citizens of all…

  • Severstal reports Q2 & H1 2019 fiacial results

    Severstal reports Q2 & H1 2019 fiacial results

    July 19, 2019 PAO Severstal (MICEX-RTS: CHMF; LSE: SVST), one of the world’s leading steel and steel-related mining companies, today announces its Q2 & H1 2019 financial results for the period ended 30 June 2019. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30 JUNE 2019 $ million, unless otherwise stated Q2 2019 Q1 2019 Change,…

  • Young employees of Gazprom Transgaz Saratov organize tourist convention

    Young employees of Gazprom Transgaz Saratov organize tourist convention

    News from projects and regions July 18, 2019, 14:45 Photos On July 12–14, a tourist convention for the youth organized by the employees of Gazprom Transgaz Saratov on the occasion of the company’s 55th anniversary took place at the children’s summer camp named after Yuri Gagarin in the Engels District of the Saratov Region. The event brought together over 200 participants, including the company’s…

  • Rosneft Specialists together with Conservation Society and the Wildlife Research Develop Toys for Polar Bears

    Rosneft Specialists together with Conservation Society and the Wildlife Research Develop Toys for Polar Bears

    Rosneft specialists, together with the Conservation Society and the Wildlife Research, for the first time in Russia have developed special toys for polar bears under the Company’s care in all zoos of the country. In order to diversify the habitats of Arctic predators in their zoo houses, 64 toys were made of especially strong plastic…

  • Presentation of Britten-Shostakovich Festival Orchestra Takes Place in London

    Presentation of Britten-Shostakovich Festival Orchestra Takes Place in London

    A presentation of the unique Russian-British Britten-Shostakovich Festival Orchestra has taken place in London, the formation of which was inspired by the friendship of two great composers of the 20th century—Dmitry Shostakovich and Benjamin Britten. The initiative is supported by Rosneft Oil Company and BP as part of the UK-Russia Year of Music. The BSFO…

  • ROSATOM has commenced production of long-lead manufacture equipment for Units 7 and 8 of Tianwan NPP (China)

    OMZ-SPECIAL STEEL (St.Petersburg) and ENERGOMASHSPETSSTAL (Kramatorsk) have produced the first forgings for reactor vessels for Units 7 and 8 of Tianwan NPP (China). The Units are being constructed with technical assistance of ASE (Engineering Division of ROSATOM).  According to Alexey Bannik, ASE Vice president for Сhina projects, “these events signal the commencement of production of…

  • Gas-powered KAMAZ finishes among top five trucks in Silk Way International Rally 2019

    Gas-powered KAMAZ finishes among top five trucks in Silk Way International Rally 2019

    Release July 16, 2019, 18:50 Photos The Silk Way International Rally 2019 came to a close today in the city of Dunhuang, China. The gas-powered KAMAZ crew led by Sergey Kupriyanov finished among the top five in the truck category. The category featured 15 trucks produced by domestic and foreign companies, such as KAMAZ, GAZ, MAZ, Renault, HINO, DAF, and IVECO. The KAMAZ truck was the…

  • Vsevolod Cherepanov put in charge of Gazprom Geologorazvedka and Gazprom Georesource

    Vsevolod Cherepanov put in charge of Gazprom Geologorazvedka and Gazprom Georesource

    Background Gazprom Geologorazvedka is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom engaged in the whole range of exploration activities aimed at prospecting for new onshore and offshore hydrocarbon fields and deposits in the Russian Federation, as well as follow-up exploration and pre-development of reserves in the existing fields. The company’s key objective is to replenish the resource base of the Gazprom Group. Gazprom Georesource is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom. The company is the chief…

  • International Children’s Games held in Ufa

    International Children’s Games held in Ufa

    Background Gazprom Transgaz Ufa is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom. It performs gas transmission within the Republic of Bashkortostan. The company operates some 5,000 kilometers of gas trunklines. Gazprom Transgaz Ufa’s 16 branches include 9 gas pipeline operation centers, 12 compressor workshops, 82 gas compressor units, and 146 gas distribution stations. An environmental management system certified to ISO 14001:2015 is adopted at the company. Gazprom Transgaz Ufa has about 5,000 employees…

  • Severstal publishes 2018 Corporate Social Resposibility ad Sustaiable Developmet Report

    Severstal publishes 2018 Corporate Social Resposibility ad Sustaiable Developmet Report

    July 15, 2019 PAO Severstal (MICEX-RTS: CHMF; LSE: SVST), one of the world’s leading steel and steel-related mining companies, has published its Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development Report for the year ended 31 December 2018 on the Company’s corporate website. The full report is available at: https://www.severstal.com/files/28593/CSR_SD_Report_2018_EN.pdf