MMC Norilsk Nickel, the largest global nickel and palladium producer, reports today that it has launched the commissioning and start-up operations of the first stage of upgraded Talnakh concentrator facilities.

Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of MMC Norilsk Nickel held on December 11 approved dividend payments for 9M 2014 in the amount of RUB 762.34 per ordinary share.

The Vladimir Potanin Foundation announced the results of the grant competition, which started in January 2014 in the framework of the Olympic Scholarships Program. The purpose of the program is to help future sports managers to get a quality professional education in the Russian International Olympic University (RIOU) in Sochi.

OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel (hereinafter — “Norilsk Nickel”, “the Company” or “the Group”), the world’s largest nickel and palladium producer, announces preliminary consolidated production results for the second quarter of 2014 and first half of 2014.

According to Orange Book, a regular report by Synergy Research Group, Petrovax Pharm has become one of the Top 5 companies by number of clinical trials started in Q2 2014 in the Russian pharmaceuticals market.