Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel

Russian tycoon calls off asset split with partner

Filed under Deals, Mikhail Prokhorov - Onexim Group, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel
October 7, 2008 8:21 pm

Billionaire metals magnate Mikhail Prokhorov has called off an asset division with former partner Vladimir Potanin, citing force-majeure, Potanin’s Interros Group said Tuesday.Interros, which manages Potanin’s business interests, did not ... Read more »

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Ally of Russian magnate Potanin chosen at Norilsk

Filed under Oleg Deripaska - Basic element, Deals, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel
August 8, 2008 7:27 pm

Metals magnate Vladimir Potanin tightened his hold over Norilsk Nickel on Friday after an ally of his was appointed chief executive of the mining company. Potanin also said he was ... Read more »

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Potanin Gets Majority Elected To Norilsk to Retain Control

Filed under Oleg Deripaska - Basic element, Deals, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel
June 30, 2008 8:58 pm

Billionaire Vladimir Potanin retained control of GMK Norilsk Nickel’s board after a vote Monday by investors in Russia’s biggest mining company. Potanin, the largest shareholder, got four directors elected to ... Read more »

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Russian tycoons target Norilsk

Filed under Oleg Deripaska - Basic element, Deals, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel, Alisher Usmanov
May 28, 2008 8:02 pm

Vladimir Potanin and Alisher Usmanov, two Russian metals tycoons, said on Wednesday they had agreed on an asset tie-up that would open the way for the creation of a Russian ... Read more »

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Rusal takes a step closer to Norilsk fusion

Filed under Oleg Deripaska - Basic element, Deals, Mikhail Prokhorov - Onexim Group, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel
April 25, 2008 6:51 pm

Oleg Deripaska, owner of Russian aluminium producer United Company Rusal, yesterday passed a milestone on the road to building a Russian national champion in the mining and metals industry with ... Read more »

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UC Rusal runs into problems on Norilsk stake

Filed under Deals, Mikhail Prokhorov - Onexim Group, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel
April 7, 2008 8:04 pm

United Company Rusal is running into problems finalising its purchase of a 25 per cent stake in Norilsk Nickel, the world’s biggest nickel miner, from Mikhail Prokhorov, the Russian billionaire, ... Read more »

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Potanin, Prokhorov Decide Against Splitting Up Assets

Filed under Deals, Mikhail Prokhorov - Onexim Group, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel
March 20, 2008 7:44 pm

 Russian billionaires Vladimir Potanin and Mikhail Prokhorov decided against splitting their jointly held assets, including stakes in OAO GMK Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest producer of nickel, and OAO Polyus ... Read more »

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Norilsk Nickel to Be Melted Down

Filed under Deals, Mikhail Prokhorov - Onexim Group, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel, Alisher Usmanov
March 3, 2008 7:08 pm

GMK Norilsk Nickel has set to preparing the merger with Gazmetall holding of Alisher Usmanov in an effort to oppose the hostile takeover by Rusal. What’s more, the firms of ... Read more »

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Norilsk/Rusal

Filed under Deals, Mikhail Prokhorov - Onexim Group, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel, Alisher Usmanov
February 28, 2008 8:45 pm

Even by Russian standards, this tussle has it all. Feuding oligarchs; national politics; and a fight to control what would be one of the mining industry’s biggest companies, conducted within ... Read more »

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Five of Russia’s richest 12 men to form a mining giant !

Filed under Oleg Deripaska - Basic element, Deals, Mikhail Prokhorov - Onexim Group, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel, Alisher Usmanov
February 21, 2008 12:56 pm

Billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s holding company ZAO Metalloinvest, Russia’s largest producer of iron ore, wants to combine with OAO GMK Norilsk Nickel to create an $85 billion mining company.  Metalloinvest has ... Read more »

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Norilsk reinforces its defences

Filed under Oleg Deripaska - Basic element, Deals, Mikhail Prokhorov - Onexim Group, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel
February 5, 2008 1:42 pm

Norilsk Nickel’s board approved the sale of up to $7bn in energy assets yesterday and agreed to consider a share buyback in a move that could signal growing resistance to ... Read more »

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Prokhorov Says Norilsk Favors Potanin, Demands Change

Filed under Deals, Mikhail Prokhorov - Onexim Group, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel
January 19, 2008 10:09 pm

Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, an investor in OAO GMK Norilsk Nickel, accused management of using the “company’s resources” to favor Vladimir Potanin, another shareholder, escalating a dispute between the business ... Read more »

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Moscow Court Blocks Sale of Norilsk, Polyus Shares

Filed under Deals, Mikhail Prokhorov - Onexim Group, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel
December 28, 2007 10:06 pm

KM Invest, the holding company controlled by Russian billionaires Mikhail Prokhorov and Vladimir Potanin, was blocked by a court from selling a stake in OAO GMK Norilsk Nickel worth $1 ... Read more »

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Rusal to Purchase Norilsk Stake, Proceed With Merger

Filed under Oleg Deripaska - Basic element, Deals, Mikhail Prokhorov - Onexim Group, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel
December 21, 2007 11:52 am

Oleg Deripaska’s United Co. Rusal agreed to buy 25 percent of OAO GMK Norilsk Nickel, Russia’s biggest mining company, and said it will pursue a takeover.Rusal, the world’s second-largest aluminum ... Read more »

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Norilsk Nickel’s Prokhorov Blocks Power-Asset Spinoff

Filed under Deals, Mikhail Prokhorov - Onexim Group, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel
December 14, 2007 4:29 pm

Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov blocked a plan by OAO GMK Norilsk Nickel to spin off $7 billion worth of power assets, escalating a feud over the company’s future between ... Read more »

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Potanin to Buy Russia’s Prof-Media for $1.8 Billion

Filed under Deals, Mikhail Prokhorov - Onexim Group, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel
December 13, 2007 9:29 pm

Billionaire Vladimir Potanin will pay $1.8 billion for 100 percent of Prof-Media, the Russian holding company he co-owns with Mikhail Prokhorov, as the partners prepare to divide their assets.Potanin will ... Read more »

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Three Russian billionaires involved in a cross deal as Norilsk saga ends

Filed under Oleg Deripaska - Basic element, Deals, Mikhail Prokhorov - Onexim Group, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel
November 24, 2007 10:37 am

 Rusal Agrees to Buy 25% of Norilsk Nickel From Onexim United Co. Rusal, the aluminum maker controlled by billionaire Oleg Deripaska, agreed to buy a 25 percent stake in ... Read more »

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Norilsk duo struggle to unwind partnership

Filed under Mikhail Prokhorov - Onexim Group, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel
November 23, 2007 1:21 pm

The chic French ski resort of Courchevel and a grimy mining city in Russia’s Arctic circle seem a million miles apart.  But the two worlds collided spectacularly a few months ... Read more »

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Prokhorov offers to sell stake in Norilsk

Filed under Deals, Mikhail Prokhorov - Onexim Group, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel
November 21, 2007 8:04 pm

Mikhail Prokhorov offered on Wednesday to sell his blocking stake in Norilsk Nickel for $15.7bn to his former partner Vladimir Potanin, in what he said was a gesture of “goodwill” ... Read more »

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Norilsk Nickel Raises $2.14 Billion in Share Sale

Filed under Mikhail Prokhorov - Onexim Group, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel
November 16, 2007 11:55 pm

OAO GMK Norilsk Nickel, the world’s biggest nickel and palladium producer, raised $2.14 billion from a share sale. The company fell in Moscow trading.Norilsk agreed to sell 7.5 million shares ... Read more »

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Prokhorov ups Norilsk stake to over 25 pct -paper

Filed under Deals, Mikhail Prokhorov - Onexim Group, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel
September 10, 2007 12:32 pm

MOSCOW, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov has accumulated more than 25 percent of Norilsk Nickel and could sell it to someone other than co-owner Vladimir Potanin, a ... Read more »

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Billionaire Potanin Joins Russian Hunt for Uranium

Filed under Deals, Vladimir Potanin - Norilsk Nickel
June 25, 2007 1:57 am

OAO GMK Norilsk Nickel billionaire Vladimir Potanin is joining the hunt for uranium in Russia and overseas to benefit from a 20-fold increase in prices for the metal over the ... Read more »

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