Rmk AO (Ekaterinburg) (Russia)

Russkaya Mednaya Kompaniya (RMK) was founded in 2004. It ranks third in cathode copper production and second in copper wire rod production in Russia. Currently, its accounts for 16% of Russia’s total copper production and about 1% of the world copper production. Russkaya Mednaya Kompaniya is a vertically integrated industrial holding including 10 operational enterprises: 5 of mining division; 1 of hydrometallurgical division; 3 of metallurgical division; 1 of trading company with Group daily management functions. RMK also includes several new mining projects. The company has development licenses for deposits in Russia and Kazakhstan. RMK has operations in Russia (Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk, Orenburg, Novgorod, and Amur regions and Altai territory) and the Kazakhstan republic (Aktyubinsk region). Currently, the company’s production capacity is 200 thousand tons of cathode copper and up to 200 thousand tons of copper wire rod. By 2015 the company is forecast to increase the production capacity of the Group up to 300 thousand tons of copper in cathode equivalent, and up to 100 thousand tons of zinc in zinc concentrate. RMK is included in the list of core enterprises of the Russian Federation, and is the biggest employer in Ural region. The number of the company employees is more than 7 thousand people.