Russia: Rusal elects new VP

Rusal has appointed Elena Bezdenezhnykh the vice president on regional policy and cooperation with authorities. She will be managing the subdivisions responsible for cooperation with regional and federal authorities. Elena Bezdenezhnykh has been previously working with Norilsk Nickel as the vice president, state secretary since 2015. She started working in the metal industry in 1995.…

Russia: Trubodetal passes TUV Nord audit

Trubodetal Works has passed the combined audit of the quality, environment and labor safety management systems. The audit has been carried out by the representatives of TUV Nord Cert. They have visited the manufacturing shops of the company and checked the compliance of the systems to world standards. Following the inspection the commission recommended TUV…

Russia: unique chromium-nickel alloy developed

The Central Scientific Institute of Ferrous Metallurgy named after Bardin has successfully carried out an import-substituting project. For the nuclear industry, machine-building, aerospace and chemical industries it has created a unique material – chromium-nickel alloy. It can be used where the improved corrosion resistance is needed. The samples were tested for over 2 thousand hours…

Russia: Raspadskaya launches virtual mine

The specialists of Raspadskaya Coal Company have developed a virtual mine named “My Mine”. The program is used to teach mining students and improve experience of miners. With the virtual reality helmets the users can construct an underground infrastructure of the mine, give tasks to virtual employees and control their work. Several users can be…