As part of the International Industrial Exhibition INNOPROM-2025, an official ceremony was held to sign an agreement on cooperation between the auditing and consulting company Kept and the Association of Producers and Consumers of Rare and Rare Earth Metals. The agreement provides for cooperation in the information and expert-analytical field regarding the production and use of rare and rare earth metals and products based on them.
The document provides for joint work on the development of the industry, including issues of increasing awareness in order to stimulate demand and attract investment in the RM and REM industry. The partners also agreed to hold image-building industry events aimed at drawing attention to the problems of the sector.
“Rare and rare-earth metals are a critical resource for Russia’s technological sovereignty. Our agreement with the Association of RM and REM will allow us to combine expertise in the field of market analysis, engineering and technical consulting, financial and strategic planning with deep industry knowledge of our partners. Together we will be able to create tools for the sustainable development of the industry and attract new players to this promising area,” said Igor Korotetsky, partner and head of the Engineering Department at Kept.
“The Russian rare and rare earth metals industry is attracting attention as a source for strategic high-tech industries. It has already become a catchphrase that PM and REM are the vitamins of industry. Our task is to fight vitamin deficiency. And the presence of a like-minded person in the person of Kept, who is a professional in his field, will be another step in development for the Association of RM and REM and the rare metal industry,” concluded Ruslan Dimukhamedov, Chairman of the Association of RM and REM.
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About Kept
Kept is an auditing and consulting firm that has been operating in Russia for 35 years and since 2009 has been the largest auditing firm in the country*. Until 2022, we were part of the international KPMG network. Currently, the company's offices, which employ 4,000 specialists, are open in 11 largest cities in Russia and Belarus.
*RAEX Agency (RAEX-Analytics), rankings of the largest audit organizations for 2010–2024
**Photo: Kept
