Alisher Usmanov

Russia’s Metalloinvest to Invest $156 Million in UAE

Metalloinvest, the Russian steel and iron ore company controlled by billionaire Alisher Usmanov, plans to invest AED 572 million (about $156 million) building a steel rolling plant in the United Arab Emirates, the company said on Wednesday.

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December 7, 2006

Billionaire Alisher Usmanov to Buy Gazeta.ru Daily Internet Newspaper for $30 million

Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov, has offered $30 million for the Internet publication Gazeta.ru in a bid to expand his media assets, a source said Friday.

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November 24, 2006

Russia’s Severstal in Talks to Buy U.S. Weirton Steel

Russian steel maker Severstal is in negotiations to buy Weirton Steel Corp. of the United States from Mittal Steel, Russian paper Kommersant reported on Friday, without naming its source.

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