During his working visit to Norilsk, Alexei Chekunkov, Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic, explored Nornickel s key projects and assessed progress against the.
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Moscow, June 4, 2021 - NornickelPublic Joint Stock Company Mining and Metallurgical Company Norilsk Nickel and its subsidiariesGo to the glossary, the world s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper, announces that on June 1 the company began to gradually restart ore mining at the Taimyrsky underground mine and plans to advance mine s operations to full capacity in the near future. Currently, the mine has reached a daily mined volume of 5 kt, which is about 40% of the design capacity. Water from the horizons of the Taimyrsky mine has been pumped out. Today, our main goal is to reinforce the underground workings to ensure the safety of our employees. We will be gradually scaling up mining as we take these measures. The mine is expected to reach its design capacity of 12,1 kt per day by the end of June 2021, said Nikolay Utkin, Senior Vice President of Norilsk Nickel and Head of t