Members of the State Duma Committees on Ecology and Energy took part in a round table and discussed the results of an all-Russian experiment on setting quotas for harmful emissions from large industrial companies.
In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Norilsk Nickel is implementing the Sulfur Program launched in 2023 to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions. Rosprirodnadzor confirmed the effectiveness of the technology and verified the results achieved over the year.
“The Sulfur Program is the most important project in the current history of Norilsk Nickel. It has no analogues in the world in terms of its scale, and it is the largest project of the federal Clean Air program. Investments amount to over 200 billion rubles, and the share of Russian equipment and technologies in the Sulfur Program has increased to 75%,” Nikolai Utkin, First Vice President of the company, told the participants of the round table.
According to him, the company has launched a pilot project to implement an air quality monitoring system in Russia: 7 emission sources of Norilsk Nickel's Polar Division are equipped with automatic control systems.
In turn, Dmitry Kobylkin, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, was pleased with the improved performance.
"I would not like to single out anyone, but I want to say that Norilsk Nickel is working quite well, and successfully. In my opinion, despite the difficulties, they are achieving what they declare," he said.
Meanwhile, in 2024, Rosprirodnadzor conducted four control measurements at Norilsk Nickel's Sulfur Program and confirmed its efficiency in terms of sulfur-containing gas purification at 99%.
Theodor Lisovoy, Managing Editor, Rough&Polished
