OREANDA-NEWS. February 08, 2010. Yuri Oleinikov, Deputy General Director of OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel (MMC Norilsk Nickel or the Company) since August 2008, decided to leave the Company. Yu. Oleinikov has accepted the offer from Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in North Caucasus Federal District A. Khloponin to take the post of A. Khloponin’s deputy. Mr. Oleinikov has been appointed to the new post, reported the press-centre of Norilsk Nickel.

General Director of MMC Norilsk Nickel Vladimir Strzhalkovsky expressed gratitude to Yu. Oleinikov for his significant contribution in the capacity of a senior MMC Norilsk Nickel officer, high appreciation of his professionalism, and wished him every success in the new important position.

ABOUT MMC NORILSK NICKEL:
MMC Norilsk Nickel is a diversified mining and metal producing company, the world's largest producer of nickel and palladium and one of the global leaders in the production of platinum, cobalt, copper and rhodium. By-product metals of MMC Norilsk Nickel include gold, silver, iridium, osmium, selenium, ruthenium and tellurium.

Production facilities of Norilsk Nickel Group are located in Russia (Norilsk Industrial Area and Kola Peninsula), Finland, USA, Australia, Botswana and South Africa.

The Company is rated Baa2 by Moody's Investors Service and BBB- by Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings.