OREANDA-NEWS. General Director of MMC Norilsk Nickel (the Company), Vladimir Strzhalkovsky will be on business visit to Australia and Indonesia from Dec. 3 to Dec. 9, 2010. Mr. Strzhalkovsky will meet with the management of Norilsk Nickel Australia and the Company’s production assets on the continent – Lake Johnston, Black Swan and Cawseб reported the press-centre of Norilsk Nickel.

The schedule of the business trip also includes meetings with government officials and representatives of business community in Australia and Indonesia.

ABOUT MMC NORILSK NICKEL:
MMC Norilsk Nickel, a company incorporated under the laws of the Russian Federation, is the largest diversified mining and metals company in Russia, the world's largest producer of nickel and palladium and one of the world's largest producers of platinum, rhodium, copper and cobalt. In addition to this, MMC Norilsk Nickel produces a large number of other by-products, including gold, silver, tellurium, selenium, iridium and ruthenium.

The key production units of the Company’s group in Russia are at the Polar and Kola Peninsulas. MMC Norilsk Nickel international assets include operations in Finland, USA, Australia, Botswana and South Africa.

MMC Norilsk Nickel’s shares are traded at MICEX and RTS. ADR’s on the Company’s shares are traded on the other the counter market in the US and at the London and Berlin stock exchanges.