MOSCOW. July 14 (Interfax) - VTB Bank (RTS: VTBR) will earn 8.7 billion rubles from the sale of its 10.63% stake (21,253 shares) in Alrosa (RTS: ALRS), Russia's Yakutia-based diamond monopoly, the bank said in a statement.

MOSCOW. March 13 (Interfax) - Yakutia-based diamond monopoly Alrosa (RTS: ALRS) plans to open a representation in Namibia to carry out a number of projects including power plant construction, General Director Sergei Vybornov said in Windhoek.

MOSCOW. Jan 31 (Interfax) - The state will retain control of Alrosa (RTS: ALRS) following the Russian diamond monopoly's IPO, which could take place in 2009, Alrosa's president, Sergei Vybornov, told Interfax.

CAPETOWN. Nov 16 (Interfax) - Talks on a transacti

MOSCOW. Oct 5 (Interfax) - The Mechel (RTS: MTLR) coal and steel group won Friday's fiercely contested auction for 68.86% of coal producer Elgaugol and 75% minus one share in Yakutugol, both from the Russian internal republic of Yakutia, an Interfax correspondent reported from the auction room.