Russia’s Norilsk Nickel ramps up Finnish output to prevent EU-wide nickel shortage April 14, 2021 Plans to almost double nickel output at Nornickel’s Finnish facility come as a boost to Europe’s fast-growing electric vehicle industry. Russia’s Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-quality nickel and a major producer of platinum, cobalt and copper, has announced plans to increase production at its state-of-the-art nickel plant in Finland. The expansion plan is driven by the growing demand in the European market for responsible battery raw materials with some of the lowest carbon emissions in the industry, and the announcement comes at a good time for the European Union, which is currently ramping up production of electric vehicles, including the construction of a Tesla factory near Berlin, Germany. Poland also has plans to build an electric car plant over the next few years to produce its own fully-electric vehicle, the Izera.