Reconfiguration of processing capacities
The reconfiguration exercise seeks to achieve economies of scale and mitigate the environmental impact
- Maintain existing production capacities
- Bring down production costs and increase recovery rates
- Mitigate load on energy infrastructure of the Norilsk Industrial District
- Reduce SO2 emissions by 15% on the back of the concentrator upgrade and the Nickel Plant shutdown
- Achieve a significant drop in ground-level concentrations of pollutants and shorten the duration of air pollution periods in Norilsk’s Central District
| JANUARY 2015 | MARCH 2016 | APRIL 2016 | MAY 2016 |
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| Completed stage 1 of the Talnakh Concentrator upgrade programme (on time and as per the approved budget) |
Completed the reconstruction of Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant to be used as a single nickel feedstock smelting facility (on time and as per the approved budget) |
Suspended operations at Sintering Shop and three of the four Smelting Shop’s furnaces (on time and as per the approved budget) |
Completed stage 2 (one of the key reconfiguration projects) of the Talnakh Concentrator upgrade programme (on time and as per the approved budget) |
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