Norilsk Nickel is considering participation in two joint-stock companies

Manual mining and metallurgical company

Norilsk Nickel is considering its participation in two

projects: JSC «RusHydro» and JSC «IDGC holding». «At the moment, shareholders

MMC owns a small packages of assets the above mentioned companies (less than 1%

the first organization and a little more than 3% the second), but after a Board meeting

of Directors of Norilsk Nickel scheduled for Monday November 12, 2012

year, things will change," — commented in the press center

MMC.

Open joint-stock company RusHydro energy

company specializing in the exploitation of aquatic plants. In assets

the organization of more than 70 objects of the energy complex (including about 50

hydroelectric power plants) in 17 regions of the Russian Federation.

The second organization, the question of participation in which

submitted to the Board of Directors of «Norilsk Nickel», JSC «IDGC holding» —

company working in the field of distribution of electricity. The total length of

networking company, responsible for transporting energy exceeds 2000000

kilometers.

GMK «Norilsk Nickel» — one of the largest manufacturers

base and precious metals in the world. The company supplies the global market

about 20% of the world’s total Nickel and platinum, about 3% copper, produces 1/10

amounts of cobalt and more than half of palladium.