In the Special Economic Zone "Titanium Valley" is already agreement on cooperation with the 1/3 of the total number of companies that project organizers plan to attract as residents of the industrial site.

In the near future the global nickel market will get acquainted with a new manufacturer. They will be the company «China Hanking Holdings» - one of the most powerful mining holdings of China, until now concentrated in the portfolio assets of the enterprise on extraction and enrichment of iron ore.

In the upcoming 2013, the year of waiting for the full restoration of the stainless steel market is not - according to specialists of the analytical Office MEPS (Britain).

The Murmansk region is planned to build a complex for the enrichment and processing of titanium raw materials and ores containing REM (rare earth metals, including - zirconium, tantalum, hafnium and niobium).

Analysts International Stainless Steel Forum (International Forum on stainless steel - ISSF) published statistics for the market of corrosion-resistant metals for the III quarter of the year.

OJSC "MMC Norilsk Nickel" early reshape the composition of the Board of Directors - the management team of the joint stock company. Officially, the event will happen next spring: Shareholders' Meeting on the issues of the re-election of management, is scheduled for March 11th.

The first transfer of funds to the accounts of the SEZ "Titanium Valley" from the federal budget will be implemented in early 2013.

The representatives of the South Korean steel company «Pohang Iron and Steel Company» (POSCO) have denied rumors that the company management plans to buy «Acciai Speciali Terni» - Italian companies (belonging to «ThyssenKrupp») for the production of stainless steel.

On Tuesday, December 11 at the city of Voronezh Magistrate's Court held a hearing on the case of three members antinikelevoy shares held in the region in early November of this year. Due to lack of evidence, all the accused were acquitted.

According to information made public by the representatives of the State Property Fund of Ukraine, the struggle for Zaporozhye Titanium-Magnesium Plant has joined two contenders: «Luxembourg Company of Metals & Alloys» and «Tolexis Trading».

In the Russian office of the German steel company ThyssenKrupp business outcomes in the past year (especially - with respect to stainless sector) is considered positive.

Mining and Metallurgical Company (MMC), "Norilsk Nickel" in the next 3 years to pay out to shareholders as dividends amounting to about 10 billion. US dollars. It is about this figure (fixed size) have agreed the main owners of the company - OK "Rusal" Oleg Deripaska and CJSC HC "Interros" Vladimir Potanin - to neutralize the conflict that broke out between majority owners of 4 years ago.

State-owned shares "VSMPO-AVISMA" - the world's largest manufacturer of titanium and its alloys - become the property of the new owners in the beginning of next year. "We expect FAS approval, after which the transaction will be closed.

Taiwanese manufacturer of stainless steel - Company YUSCO (Yieh United Steel Corporation) - in December to leave prices for the products of the steel resistant to corrosion November level.