General Director of OJSC «MMC» Norilsk Nickel «Vladimir Strzhalkovsky entered by the unanimous vote of the Board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP).

Election of new members of the Board were held at the Congress of the RSPP, held today in Moscow during the Russian Business Week. B. I. Strzhalkovskiy participated in the Congress as a delegate.

OJSC «MMC» Norilsk Nickel «is a full member of the RSPP in March 2010.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY:

Open Joint Stock Company «Mining and Metallurgical Company» Norilsk Nickel «- a diversified metals and mining company, the world's largest producer of nickel and palladium, a leading producer of platinum, cobalt, copper and rhodium. Company also produces gold, silver, iridium, osmium, selenium, ruthenium, and tellurium.

Production facilities of MMC «Norilsk Nickel» in Russia are at the Norilsk Industrial Area and Kola Peninsula, as well as in Finland, the USA, Australia, Botswana and South Africa.

In Russia, the shares of OJSC «MMC» Norilsk Nickel «are traded on the MICEX and RTS. ADRs are traded on the OTC market in the US and at the London and Berlin stock exchanges.