Around the clock, are involved in Land reclamation is going on around the clock using the efforts of 45 people and 20 units of equipment including 3 tracked dump trucks, a TREKOL all-terrain vehicle, 4 other-type all-terrain vehicles, 5 floating crafts and 7 motor cultivators. All equipment has minimal impact on the ground.
Reclamation at this site under a project approved by the administration of the city of Norilsk began last year, which saw the restoration of 17.43 hectares of polluted and 30.91 hectares of disturbed areas. In 2022, this work will be completed.
This year, the reclamation operations attracted three unique Morooka tracked dump trucks, which have a wide range of applications and make it possible to perform work in environmentally sensitive areas. Trucks are highly traversable and designed to operate in off-road areas that even the best wheeled all-terrain vehicles cannot reach. The equipment was purchased by Norilsk Nickel for its Land Improvement Operation working in the territory of the company’s Polar Division. The machines are equipped with recultivators that loosen the soil to a depth of 27 cm with a working width of 290 cm. One machine is equipped with a device for hydroseeding - more than 1,000 m2 of land is sown using one refueling, while the second has a peat spreader, which, in addition to the main functions, also crushes peat. The third machine is equipped with a manipulator for transporting materials. The uniqueness of this technique is that it minimally affects the soil cover.
In accordance with the reclamation project, grass mixture is sown with meadow clover, fescue and timothy grass. Alexander Vasyuk, Chief Engineer of NTEC JSC, commented: “The grass is taking root quite well. The plans for 2022 include 6.5 hectares of polluted and 20.91 hectares of disturbed lands. Those areas that are difficult to re-cultivate with caterpillar dump trucks due to their small area and remoteness, we re-cultivate manually using motor cultivators.”
ABOUT THE COMPANY
MMC Norilsk Nickel is a diversified mining and metallurgical company, the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper. The company also produces cobalt, rhodium, silver, gold, iridium, ruthenium, selenium, tellurium and other products.
The production units of Norilsk Nickel Group are located at the Norilsk Industrial District, on the Kola Peninsula and Zabaykalsky Krai in Russia as well as in Finland.
MMC Norilsk Nickel shares are listed on the Moscow and on the Saint-Petersburg Stock Exchanges, ADRs are accepted for trading on the Saint-Petersburg Stock Exchange.
Norilsk Nickel fully supports the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Company considers social responsibility and commitment to the principles of sustainable development as one of the pillars of operational efficiency and business development. Nornickel seeks to continuously improve its activities in the areas of environmental protection, human rights, health and safety, environmental impact assessment, and biodiversity preservation. The company spent RUB 221.5 billion on SDG-linked projects in 2021.
