Russian President Vladimir Putin sharply attacked the Nornickel CEO and local authorities during a video conference with government officials in June 2020. (Photo: Alexei Nikolsky) Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the fine of 1.62 billion euros paid by...
Polar bears are curious and always are looking for food. But this may not be the right thing for them. Specialists from the Tomsk Polytechnic University have found out that more than 70,000 cubic meters of industrial waste generated or dumped in the Arctic and...
Nornickel is a company headquartered in Moscow, Russia. Nornickel’s operating business is mainly located in the Norilsk-Talnach region of northern Russia, where the company is by far the largest employer. Nornickel is the world’s leading nickel and...
Russia’s rapidly warming Arctic region has been hit by three separate disasters in a month. (Photo: Kirill Kukhmar) Russia’s Arctic has been hit by three separate environmental disasters involving mining giant Norilsk Nickel within a month. The company,...
More than 20,000 tons of diesel oil were spilled when a fuel reservoir on Russia’s Arctic Taymyr peninsula collapsed. (Photo: morspas.com) The leakage of diesel oil from a storage tank in Norilsk is unprecedented and will have a significant negative impact on...
