ALROSA holders approve paying 8.79/share in divs for Jan–Jun

MOSCOW, Sep 30 (PRIME) -- The shareholders of Russian diamond mining company ALROSA have approved paying 8.79 rubles per share, or a total of 64.7 billion rubles, in dividends for January–June, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

The record date for the dividends is October 19.

ALROSA paid a total of 70.3 billion rubles in dividends for July–December 2020.

With 27% of total global and 95% of Russia’s diamond output, ALROSA is the world’s top diamond mining company. The Russian government has 33% in the company and the republic of Yakutia has 25% plus one share, while free float is 34%.

(72.7608 rubles – U.S. $1)

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