Development Projects of Russia: Industry, Energy and Infastructure

China, Russia to co-develop Zarubino Port

Russia's Summa Group will work with Chinese companies on the development of Zarubino Port in Russia to attract more business from China, stated Alexander Vinokurov, Summa Group CEO, at the first China-Russia Expo.

The project is implemented by FESCO Group (controlled by Summa Group). The first phase of the project will be operational in 2018, enabling the port to handle up to 500,000teu, 10M tonnes of grain and cargo every year.

As an ice-free port located on the south of Primorsky Krai in Trinity Bay, Zarubino Port is only 18 km from the China-Russia border.

It has attracted a lot of interest from Chinese investors, Vinokurov told local media.

"The port is a logistics hub that will hugely benefit China and Russia," he said.

On 20 May, Summa Group and China's Jilin Province inked a framework agreement on the co-construction of Zarubino Port. As for the co-operation between China and Russia, Vinokurov cited three key aspects: infrastructure construction in Russia's Far East area, agriculture trade, as well as transport and logistics.

At present, China is Russia's largest trade partner, and the total trade between the two countries has nearly doubled, amounting to $89Bn in 2013 from $48Bn in 2007.


http://www.ihsmaritime360.com/article/13548/china-russia-to-co-develop-zarubino-port

China-Russia railway bridge paves new trade route

HARBIN, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- There is high hope of boosted China-Russia trade after construction began on Wednesday of a railway bridge, the first of its kind, to span the two countries' border over the Heilong River.

Designed with an annual cargo transport capacity of 21 million tonnes, the bridge will connect Tongjiang Port in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province with Nizhneleninskoye in Russia.

China and Russia negotiated for five years on the project, which will be of great significance in connecting railway networks on each side.

According to the final deal, the main Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye bridge spans 2,215 meters, with 1,900 meters in China.

Lu Chunfang, vice general manager of the state-owned China Railway Corporation (CRC), which is in charge of construction on the Chinese side, said China plans to invest 2.64 billion yuan (431 million U.S. dollars) in the project, including the construction of the main bridge and an approach road stretching 31.62 km. The work is due to be completed in two and a half years.

Foundation stone laying ceremonies were held on Wednesday on both sides of the river.

Alexey Tsydenov, deputy minister of Transport for the Russian Federation, said when at the ceremony that the railway will pave a new way to tap economic potential. Russia will provide sound public infrastructure and encourage investment in the bridge.

He said investment from the Russian side would exceed 500 million U.S. dollars.

According to the CRC's project design, the bridge will allow a maximum train speed of 100 km per hour.

Aleksey A. Maslov, head of the School of Asian Studies at the Russian National Research University Higher School of Economics, said there is urgent need for the railway link as a floating bridge, designed for temporary use, is put into use when the ice melts. It doesn't meet the requirements of growing cross-border trade.

Trade turnover between China's border city of Heihe and Blagoveshchensk, capital of the Amur region in the Russian Far East, reached 1.09 billion U.S. dollars in 2013, up 32.7 percent year on year.

"Many businessmen involved in bilateral trade have been waiting for the new bridge for years," Maslov said.

Bulk cargo transportation between China and Russia via the border river currently relies mainly on shipping, according to Yao Xiangjun, a customs official in Tongjiang.

He said China-Russia border railway transport is currently through two land ports -- Manzhouli in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Suifenhe in Heilongjiang, where railways were built a century ago. Manzhouli Port handles the majority of the trade, which neared 20 million tonnes in 2013.

Liu Ruxiang, deputy general manager of the China-Russia Ussuriysk Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone, said the new bridge would end requirements for cargo transport via the Siberia Region to detour to Manzhouli and Suifenhe.

He forecast that the bridge will spur investment to set up industrial and logistic plants along the railway.

Liu said the economic zone invested in by China in Ussuriysk, in Russia's Far East, has been the No. 2 taxpayer in Ussuriysk for three years.

CHINA, RUSSIA TIES

Jeffrey Mankoff, deputy director of the Russia and Eurasia Program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told Xinhua that cooperation between China and Russia remains intensive. China is crucial to Russia's plans to develop Siberia and the Far East.

The railway bridge will help grow overland trade and transit between the Pacific, Euroasia and Europe, according to Mankoff.

The high hopes for China-Russia trade echo those of top national leaders. Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first foreign trip of this year to Sochi in February to attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games.

Xi told Russia media that China-Russia cooperation has so far borne rich fruit in fields including trade and the economy, energy, advanced technology, people-to-people exchanges and international affairs, not only promoting the development and prosperity of both countries, but also helping safeguard international justice, stability and peace.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said in his meeting with Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in Beijing in October that he is confident the two countries will fulfill the 100 billion U.S. dollar trade target in 2015.

Prof. Yuri Tavrovsky at the Moscow-based Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, said the biggest opportunity for bilateral economic cooperation may lie in Russia's Far East region, which is near China and currently Russia's major development focus.


http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-02/27/c_126195958.htm

Russian Railways CEO calls for further development of ties with China

SHANGHAI, July 19. /ITAR-TASS/. Russian Railways (RZD) President Vladimir Yakunin called for further development of railway cooperation with China.
“As trade and economic ties with the Asia Pacific countries develop, primarily with China, the development of the eastern network of Russian railways becomes increasingly important,” Yakunin said at the conference “Great Silk Road and Trans-Eurasian Belt” on Saturday, July 19.
He believes that container transportation from land-locked northeastern provinces of China via the Russian Far Eastern ports to the south of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and other countries could be one of the most promising areas of cooperation.
Yakunin recalled the agreement on strategic cooperation between RZD and China Railway Corporation that was signed during President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China in May of this year.
“Coordinated development of Russian and Chinese railways is an important condition for the expansion of foreign economic ties between other countries in Europe and Asia,” he said.
In 2013, the volume of cross-border railway transportation with China increased by 2.2 million tonnes from the previous year, reaching 30.5 million tonnes. In the first five months of this year, it dropped by 7% (821,500 tonnes) from the same period of last year to 11.7 million tonnes, including export 10.8 million tonnes (down 5% or 557,300 tonnes) and import 784,500 tonnes (down 27% or 287,900 tonnes).

http://en.itar-tass.com/economy/741495

The revival of the machine tool industry

The new infrastructure will not depend on foreign supplies



Machine tool industry today is highly dependent on foreign supplies,  clustering is designed to solve this problem.

Over the next three years, the Russian industry must master the production of complex components that were previously imported from abroad. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin on the forum " TVM 2014 " . Active import substitution should occur in the machine tool industry as one of the most dependent on foreign supplies of domestic industries. Help solve this important problem can including the Development Fund for Industry, a decree on the creation of which Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed on September 2.

During Soviet times, with tank-building  was an independent and highly developed industry. According to the Industry and Trade Ministry of Russia, the share of imports in the machine tool industry now exceeds 90%. For comparison: in heavy engineering - 60 - 80%, light industry - 70 - 90%, in the electronic industry - 80 - 90%, in the pharmaceutical and medical industry - 70 - 80%. " Indicator of 50-60% can be achieved In the case of a deliberate policy of import substitution. In some sectors will be able to get out even better performance " , - said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Sergey Tsyb.

Over the past 20 years, the domestic market has undergone Engineering Technology quantitative and qualitative changes, the volume of equipment decreased compared with 1991, more than 25 times. In the USSR, machine tools, as the basis for technological independence and technological industrial base DIC received privileged resources: the necessary equipment, materials and supplies. Research institutes sector were equal to the Research Institute of the defense industry under compensation of scientists and engineers, to ensure that R & D funding, etc.



Today our country has practically ceased production of the main components for the production of machine tools and forging equipment (PAC). Machine tools with numerical control almost completed imported from Germany and Japan, CNC systems, sensors, measuring systems, robots, electrical and electronic products, hydraulic systems, etc. The main suppliers of components are

According to the CEO of the company " Stankoprom " Sergei Makarov, one of the key problems in the industry is the backwardness of its own production base. Including lost the confidence of the Russian consumers to domestically produced equipment. Lost production culture and prestige of the machine-tool trades, and as a result, we have a shortage of qualified workers.

" Age of equipment in all industries has considerable wear. Today, 75 - 80% of the park metalworking equipment used for more than 20 years. Since 1991, virtually no change of equipment was conducted or conducted by a factor of updates, no more than 1% per year. In the structure of machinery, presses and only 4.5% in operation less than five years - said Giorgi Samodurov, president of the Russian Association " Stankoinstrument " . - Machine Tool Degradation occurs primarily because of the lack of investment for a long time " . According to the expert, low attractiveness of the industry for domestic investors due to the very low level of profitability (2 - 5%), which is typical for high-tech industries. Foreign investors are not willing to invest in the development of domestic technologies that directly compete with their manufacturers. The only investor in the machine-tool industry, as well as for the defense industry, can only serve the state.

The tax burden on manufacturers in many countries is much lower than in Russia. " Recently, our contacts with major construction companies operating in Russia inviting them to create a joint venture abut in this problem. They'd better find in our country intermediary to create with them supposedly a joint venture (usually on paper), to find a warehouse here and deliver equipment, finished products, call it made ​​in Russia and ensure yourself a good financial condition. All this is due to the imperfection of our defense mechanisms " , - says Samodurov.



Clustering in the machine tool industry is still in its initial stage. Perhaps the first powerful cluster in the machine tool industry will be a group of " Stan " , which includes STANKOZAVOD Sterlitamaka, Ryazan, Ivanovo, Kolomna and, presumably, Saratov. Feature of this group is the presence of an integrator in the form of the banking system with the ability to attract resources for technical re-equipment, develop new products, to attract qualified professionals, etc.

Subject to obtaining bank resources " shoot " can cluster in St. Petersburg. To do this, there are all the prerequisites: the presence of machine-tool industries, companies producing components, highly qualified staff, a significant number of defense enterprises.

According to Sergei Makarov, " Stankoprom " is considering the establishment of joint enterprises of machine tool, in particular, clusters of machine tool and tool production facilities in several areas of CFD. In late August, " Stankoprom " signed a cooperation agreement with the administration of the Lipetsk region.

Some support machine tool provided subroutine " The development of domestic machine tool and tool industry for the period 2011 - 2 016 years, " the federal program " National Technological Base " . Program will not only survive the machine tool enterprises, able to develop and manufacture prototypes of about 40 types of equipment. The second phase of the program - from 2014 and 2016 - provides for the development of R & D as well as a number of investment projects designed to re-equipment of individual enterprises. " In our opinion, it is necessary to significantly increase financial support for the machine tool and to provide him with benefits in various areas (subsidies payment of interest on loans, reducing or zeroing certain taxes, etc.). Significant support to the industry can have a government resolution of 24 December 2013 № 1224 on restrictions on the admission of foreign goods to the procurement for the needs of national defense and national security. It is only necessary to adjust the control over its execution, as a discipline of its implementation defense companies is very low " , - concludes George Samodurov.

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2ES5 is the first Russian double-section mainline freight AC electric locomotive with fifth-generation asynchronous traction motors and power of 8400 kW.  

Change-over to 2ES5 will reduce maintenance and repair expenses, as well as repair idle time. The locomotive will be put into SERVICE this year already.  Transmashholding will deliver 200 2ES5 machines to Russian Railways by 2020.
The new electric locomotives will contribute greatly to execution of Russian Railway Transport DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, particularly in terms of heavy-tonnage traffic on Baikal-Amur and Trans-Siberian Railways.



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UFA, December 9 - RIA Novosti, Ramil Salikhov. Perm designers' "OAO commissioned by" Gazprom "will release gas turbines instead of imported counterpart, which will be higher efficiency and less cost, RIA Novosti reported the press service of the Perm region.

"" OAO won the tender of "Gazprom" on the development and delivery of a powerful gas turbine unit (STU). Capacity of the new installation will be from 34 to 40 MW. In the next decade, "Gazprom" plans to buy up to 200 such installations. To test the unit is planned in 2017, to start selling - in 2018, "- said the agency representative of the government of the region.

The new gas turbine unit will compete with the one produced under license in the "REP Holding" on the basis of the US turbine General Electric. It will be cheaper than imported counterpart, and higher efficiency. If American turbine efficiency of 34%, then 39% will Perm.

In addition, "" OAO in 2017 will provide "Gazprom" gas turbines with a capacity of less than 16-25 MW for the project "The Power of Siberia." The share of the Permian-scale turbines in the gas project is about 70%.

The department noted that in May 2014 between the governor of Perm Krai Viktor Basargin and Chairman of the Board of OJSC "Gazprom" Alexei Miller signed a cooperation agreement. This is a project to expand the supply of high-tech products and development of Perm enterprises, research institutions and universities the company "Gazprom".

More than 40 companies are ready to participate in the Kama region cooperation program and make the necessary "Gazprom" products: gas-compressor, tubing and petrochemical equipment, electrical equipment and cables, pipes and insulation materials, gas production equipment, LNG and more.

Discussions are going on to set up a Hungarian bus manufacturing plant in Russia
Hungarian and Russian businessmen discussing ways to form a joint venture to manufacture Hungarian designed buses in Russia told the CEO and owner of Evopro group Csaba Mészáros to MTI.
The president said Russian Nano Composite Technology Centre (NCC) and Evopro was in discussion to form a joint venture to manufacture Evopro developed buses in Russia. Moscow city government might provide loan to the joint venture, and it also promised to buy at least 200 Evopro buses in the next ten years.
Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency reported on Tuesday that the Hungarian company also planning to build an Evopro bus manufacturing plant in Western Kazakhstan; the company currently holding discussions on setting up a joint venture agreement with Uralskargoremmas group of Kazakhstan.
Evapro is planning to introduce a prototype of the Evapro bus based on Russian standards at the Yekaterinburg fair on July 12, 2015 said the president of the company
The Hungarian company designed a unique lightweight bus made of composite and associated materials.

Russia composite center to produce FRP buses
The first batch of 50 buses will be produced in 2015.
Production of composite modules via vacuum infusion, RTM, and long fiber injection will be powered by the Nanotechnological Center of Composites, and the bus parts will be sent to Hungary for final assembly, including installation of engine, chassis, gluing in glasses and installation of other elements.
"A modular approach allows the production of wide range of vehicles in the most cost-effective way, from compact and manoeuvrable buses and trolley buses, which could be compared to mini-buses, to capacious multi-section buses and trolley buses,” said Csaba Meszaros, president of Evopro Group. “Apart from properties of the body, clients will be able to choose type of propulsion system: a bus can run on diesel, CNG or electricity.”

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George1 wrote:Siemens interested in Moscow-Kazan high-speed railway project

Siemens chief who supports western sanctions on Russia is interested in Russian projects. Its a gold. And should be kicked off.

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Moscow. July 8. Interfax-AVN - "VSMPO-Avisma" signed three long-term agreements with the British Rolls-Royce for the period 2016-2025 gg., Said the Russian company.

The terms of each contract vary, but they all expand cooperation between the two companies started in 2000 with the signing of the first four-year agreement, the report says.

Under the terms of the new agreements, "VSMPO-Avisma" will supply Rolls-Royce titanium mill products and semi-finished products, including forgings discs and rings of various titanium alloys. The expected revenue from new agreements potentially exceed $ 300 million.

"We have set ourselves ambitious goals for the expansion of the product line for the aviation engine, and the conclusion of new long-term agreement with one of the world leaders in the art Rolls-Royce confirmed that the corporation acts in the right direction, relying on the development of high-tech production", - said CEO Mikhail Voevodin Titanium Corporation, as quoted by the press office.

"VSMPO-AVISMA" - the world's largest manufacturer of titanium products, is a major supplier to many companies of the world aerospace industry.

"Rostec" controls 25% + 1 share "VSMPO-Avisma" a 100 percent subsidiary - "PT Business Development", the management of the company - 65%.

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Samara scientists work out the technology of "printing" aerospace components on a 3D printer

Scientists of Samara state aerospace University (SSAU) began to develop the technologies for production of components for the aviation industry by "baking" them from the metal powder on a special 3D printer.
"3D-laser sintering production of the first parts for small gas turbine engine — a combustor and a turbine.
"Grown" on the printer metal parts are sent to bench test", — told reporters today in a press-service of the University.