OREANDA-NEWS. July 16, 2007. As of beginning of the year Rosbank purchased 12,8 tons of gold, 1,6 tons of platinum and 0,35 tons of palladium, reported the press-centre of Interros.

Precious metals outside funds volume grew more twofold and today stands at Roubles 6,4 billion (as of January 2007 – Roubles 3,1 billion).

The bank continues to develop its cooperation with the leading Russian precious metals producers, such as the gold mining company "Polyus", "AS Amur", "Krastsvetmet", Yekaterinburg precious metals processing factory, "Norilsk Nickel" Company, "Sovrudnik".

Rosbank exercises a wide range of operations in the precious metals market, provides for impersonal metal accounts, "margin Trading", hedging, export operations and net transactions.