Top Russian companies

11. Severstal

Severstal is one of the world’s largest steel producers, encompassing mining, steel mills, rolled product plants and downstream production facilities. Centred on Russia it has extensive global operations with production facilities in the United States, Italy, France, Great Britain, and Ukraine. Severstal is listed on the RTS (CHMF) and Micex (CHMF) with GDR’s listed in London (SVST).

12. Mechel

Mechel is a major steelmaker with extensive metals mining operations across Russia, Romania and Lithuania. The mining operations produce iron ore, coal and nickel, with steelmaking encompassing a range of high value carbon and specialty long products. The company also owns railway, port, and electricity generation operations, Mechel ADR’s are listed in New York (MTL).

13. Norilsk Nickel

Norilsk Nickel is the world largest producer of nickel and palladium in addition to being a major producer of copper, silver, gold, and platinum group metals. The company’s exploration, production, and refining operations encompass Russia, Finland, Australia, South Africa, Canada, Botswana, and the U.S. Its shares are traded on the RTS (GMKN) and Micex (GMKN) with GDR’s traded in London (MNOD), Berlin (NNIA) and the OTC market in the United States (NILSY).

14. Wimm-Bill-Dann

Founded in 1992,Wimm-Bill-Dann is Russia’s biggest dairy, baby food and beverages company, serving more than 280 million customers, with distribution centres in 26 Russian cities and 37 processing plants across Russia and the former Soviet Union. Its ADR’s are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (WBD), as well as on Moscow’s RTS and MICEX exchanges (WBD).

15. Sedmoi Kontinent

Sedmoi Kontinent, or Seventh Continent, is one of Russia’s leading grocery retailers. It has 140 supermarkets and hypermarkets across Russia, is expanding to other major Russian cities, and has recently expanded into Belarus. Its shares are listed on the RTS and Micex exchanges in Moscow (SCON).

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