Norilsk Nickel expects 2 bln dollars in 2009 net profits

摘要

MMC Norilsk Nickel expects to post roughly S2 billion in net profits for 2009, General Director Vladimir Strzhalkovsky said during a January 30 meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Sales revenues last year came to 285 billion rubles, Strzhalkovsky told Putin. The company has paid off in full a credit of 1.25 billion dollars and plans to put roughly S2 billion into developing its mineral resource base and copper investment projects, he said.