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.