Until the sanctions, a third of sales went to the USA and Europe, while more than half of Nornickel’s sales were transported to China via the Northern Sea route. (Photo: Norilsk Nickel) To circumvent the sanctions Nornickel will relocate the smelting capacity of...
Norilsk is called “the city on stilts”. The stability of all structures depends on the condition of the permafrost. Already today, various buildings have to be protected from destruction due to thawing permafrost. Many houses have already collapsed or been...
Gennady Shchukin (right), a representative of the Dolgan people, and Andrey Danilov, a representative of the Sami people, in Berne. (Photo: swissinfo.ch) A year ago, a fuel storage tank burst at Norilsk-Taimyr Energy’s No. 3 thermal power plant, flooding rivers...
The emergency services tried to prevent the worst with oil spill containment barriers. (Photo: Marine Rescue Service) Spectacular news in the media usually follow accidents and incidents, such as the spill of 21,000 tonnes of diesel fuel in Norilsk in May 2020. Events...
Alexander Kalashnikov, the head of the Federal Prison Service said, ʺThe service may decide to transfer prisoners from Russian prisons to the Arctic for cleaning upʺ. (Photo: Gazeta) Russia is considering using prisoners to help clean up the Arctic after a massive...
