MMC Norilsk Nickel (MNOD)
23-Dec-2020 / 14:01 MSK
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PRESS RELEASE
Public Joint Stock Company «Mining and Metallurgical Company «NORILSK NICKEL»(PJSC "MMC "Norilsk Nickel", "Nornickel" or the "Company")
NORNICKEL SHUTS DOWN SMELTER IN NIKEL TOWN
Moscow, December 23, 2020 - MMC Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper, is shutting down a smelting shop in the town of Nikel in Russia's Murmansk region. It is the company's oldest production facility to date. Its shutdown is part of Nornickel's comprehensive environmental programme, which aims to significantly reduce the environmental impact at all production sites. With the closure of the shop, hazardous emissions into the atmosphere at the Russia's Norwegian border will cease.