Norilsk Nickel and Russian Platinum negotiate slowly

Norilsk Nickel and Russian Platinum negotiate rather slowly about the foundation of a joint venture in the Norilsk industrial area, the co-owner of Russian Platinum, M. Bazhayev says.At the end of January, Russian Platinum reported to Prime Agency that the sides discussed different variants of cooperation including the foundation of a joint venture on a parity basis for development of the southern part of the copper and nickel deposit in Norilsk-1. Norilsk Nickel claimed then that they discussed the prospects of cooperation in the Norilsk industrial area.