Gareth Penny, Norilsk Nickel Chairman arrives in Norilsk

(metalinfo.ru) - Gareth Penny, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Norilsk Nickel arrived in Norilsk to personally get acquainted with the progress of work on the company’s most important projects in the Norilsk Industrial Region (NIR).
Gareth Penny inspected how effectively the major works were carried out to eliminate the consequences of the accident at Thermal Power Plant-3. He also got acquainted with the first results of the "Big Cleanup" - a large-scale program to clean up the territory of the NIR from garbage - and assessed the progress of construction of the Sulfur Program facilities at the Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors saw how the monitoring of the buildings of the Norilsk division and the Planning Center of the Skalisty mine are operating in Norilsk, where mining dump trucks have begun to work in unmanned mode.
“We are working together with the company’s management on six major initiatives that relate to different environmental areas - air, water, soil, etc. And today I am glad to see the progress that has already been achieved. The sulfur program is the most important project on an international scale. Its implementation shows how serious the company's intentions are to fulfill its obligations. The best technologies and the best specialists are used here. And I am sure that soon we will be proud of what we have done."