Glide continuously to reply nickel price and the tremendous influence that financial crisis brings to Russia economy, norilsk nickel course of study decides to reduce daily expenditure substantially, state the likelihood cuts down company share personnel. Norilsk president asks on company in-house meeting each branch stops new investment from now on last week, time-out purchases equipment. If nickel price continues low fan, this company does not eliminate to take step cutting down the member of persons employed.

Nevertheless Norilsk company still does not have measure of reduction of output at present, also did not encounter severe financial crisis. This is from September 2003 nickel price falls first since the portion split 10000 dollars / ton col.