As it was published by IA “REGNUM”, MMC “Norilsk Nickel” plans to continue its participation in various gold mining projects both in Russia and abroad.

According to the managing director of the company Mikhail Prohorov, now, after having bought Russian largest gold mining company “Polus”, MMC “Norilsk Nickel” is the leader in Russian gold mining market — it manufactures 17% of gold production volume of the country.

The deputy chairman of MMC “Norilsk Nickel” board of directors L. Rozhetckin informed that in 2003 the company intended to maintain the volume of gold production at the level of 2002. It is sure to participate in the auction for the Suhoy Log deposit exploitation.