В 10.30 в п. Сосновка состоится пуск второй очереди блока очистки воды № 5 на очистных сооружениях водопровода г. Челябинска. В 10.30 в ледовом дворце «Уральская молния» (ул. Труда 187а) начнется пресс-конференция на тему: «I этап Кубка мира по скоростному бегу на коньках — 10 дней до первого старта». В 11.00 в конференц-зале Законодательного собрания (ул. Кирова, 114) пройдет финальный этап смотра-конкурса молодежных парламентских формирований муниципальных образований Челябинской области. В 12.00 в администрации Центрального района (ул. Коммуны, 89) начнется фотомарафон «Челябинск: прошлое,

18 ноября в Челябинске пройдет юридический форум Южного Урала на тему: «Защита имущественных прав бизнеса».

Saint Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport emergency crew and firefighters watched with apprehension as a passenger Boeing from Surgut was trying to land, the airport’s press service informed Interfax. ‘The crew of Surgut-Saint Petersburg flight reported they had problems landing, which is why the firefighters and the emergency crew were sent down the landing strip,’ the press officer said. He explained this was a standard procedure for cases when pilots operating a plane feel something is not right while landing. UTair airplane landed smoothly, no one was hurt, the press officer added.

Russia’s metallurgical companies have felt the impact of the global market changes that first occurred in August 2011: the Russian holdings’ steel output went drastically down in September and reached the year’s lowest point. The official reason for the plunging output is said to lie in the seasonal consumption variations, Kommersant reports. According to Metal Courier’s statistics, Russia’s total steel production dropped by nearly 5% in September 2011 compared to August 2011 and came to 5.4m tons. In comparison with January, the output declined by 8.6% and in comparison with over 6m tons of

Sverdlovsk Region division of Rospotrebnadzor (the state consumer rights watchdog) conducted an unscheduled inspection of Linde Uraltechgaz to make sure the enterprise complies with the orders of Yekaterinburg Ordzhonikidzevsky and Zheleznodorozhny district’s chief sanitary inspector. As of the date of the inspection, October 4, 2011, the company turned out not to comply with the said orders in full, Rospotrebnadzor’s press officer reports. Following the inspection by the regional division of Rospotrebnadzor, three fines (a total of 2,100 RUR) were imposed on the enterprise’s executives and