The enterprises of Norilsk division of Norilsk Nickel will increase the volume of production to 30 million tons of ore by 2030, said Nikolay Utkin, Senior Vice President of Norilsk Nickel, director of the Polar Branch of the company.
"The plans that Norilsk will strive and reach production of 30 million tons seemed unbelievable ten years ago. Today, in total, we have already exceeded 20 million with Bear Creek. And by 2030 we are reaching 30 million tons," he said at the awarding ceremony of the best miners of the Polar Branch of Norilsk Nickel on the occasion of Miner's Day.
84 Norilsk miners were awarded honorary titles "Honored Metallurgist of the Russian Federation", medals of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland of the II degree, as well as certificates of honor and letters of thanks, the press service of Norilsk Nickel reported.
PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel is a diversified mining and metallurgical company, the world's largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel, and the world's leading producer of platinum, cobalt, copper and rhodium. The company also produces silver, gold, iridium, ruthenium, selenium, tellurium, sulfur among other products.
The production divisions of the Norilsk Nickel group of companies are located in Russia in the Norilsk industrial region, on the Kola Peninsula and in the Trans-Baikal Territory, as well as in Finland.
In Russia, the company's shares are admitted to trading on the Moscow and St. Petersburg stock exchanges, and its American depository receipts are admitted to trading on the St. Petersburg stock exchange.
The group's products are supplied to 37 countries in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, and Americas. It is acquired by more than 400 partner companies. Its sales offices operate in Switzerland, China and the USA.
Norilsk Nickel fully supports the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For the company, adherence to the principles of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility is an integral part of efficient operations and business development. Norilsk Nickel is constantly improving its environmental protection activities, human rights protection policy, occupational safety and health, environmental impact assessment, and biodiversity conservation. The company spent 333 billion rubles on projects related to sustainable development in 2022.
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