NEW YORK, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- As worldwide demand for metal plummets, Russia's top metals producers are finding that bailouts aren't enough. Instead, the industry's leaders have proposed a massive merger of their assets to create a quasi-state metals holding company.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Severely weakened by the economic crisis, Russia's top metals producers are embracing a proposal to merge into one massive company.

MOSCOW. July 24 (Interfax) - Mikhail Prokhorov's Onexim Group has decided not to take part in a tender for the giant Udokan copper field in Russia's Chita region, Onexim general director Dmitry Razumov told journalists on Thursday.

Text of report by heavyweight liberal Russian newspaper Kommersant on 18 July [Report by Olga Goncharova, Anna Pushkarskaya and Yelena Kiseleva, headlined "Yuriy Kovalchuk gets hold of 'Zhizn'"] Yuriy Kovalchuk's holding company, National Media Group (NMG), has acquired a stake in the News Media publishing house, publisher of the "Zhizn za vsyu nedelyu" tabloid.

MOSCOW. July 18 (Interfax) - Russia's subsurface management agency Rosnedra has announced the results of the bid campaign for the giant Udokan copper field in the Chita region. Five companies submitted bids to take part in the tender for the field, Rosnedra's press service told Interfax.