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Dan Norrgran, Eriez' Minerals and Materials Processing division manager, passed away unexpectedly on 16 October 2012. Norrgran was employed at Eriez, the mineral processing equipment specialist, for 27 years and was a member of several professional associations, including the Canadian Institute of Metallurgy and the International Minerals Association He contributed greatly to growing global equipment sales for Eriez in the mining, industrial minerals and coal processing industries. In 2004 he was awarded Eriez' Person of the Year for "managing the mineral processing division to its present key position within [the company's] worldwide operations".
PhosAgro CEO Maxim Volkov has been elected chairman of the Apatit board of directors, while PhosAgro AG's CEO, Mikhail Rybnikov, was elected deputy chairman. Phosphate producer PhosAgro signed a purchase agreement for the Russian Federation's share in nepheline syenite producer OJSC Apatit in October.
