On 10 August 2016, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov participated in the meeting between Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and a shareholder of PAO Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant Andrey Komarov.
During the meeting held in the Kazan Kremlin, parties discussed the progress of the agreement on social and economic cooperation that was signed in December 2014 between the Republic of Tatarstan and PAO Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant, as well as outlook for development of Alnas Plant that is entering the oilfield service division of PAO Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant.
The participants of the meeting paid special attention to interaction between the Tatarstan Government and OAO Alnas in the sphere of foreign economic activities.