Russian gold producers may need to reduce their mining operations to prevent prices from falling further as the result of an increase in supply on the market.

As expected the proposal by Norilsk Nickel management to buy back some of the stake in it controlled by Oleg Deripaska’s RusAl has been rebuffed. 29.08, 12:39 The world’s largest aluminium producer, Rusal, has posted a 1H 2011 net profit of $1.085