In May 2020, 21,000 tonnes of diesel fuel leaked into the waters around Norilsk. This is one of the largest environmental disasters in the Arctic. (Photo: Nornickel) On February 5, 2021, the court ruled that the “Norilsk-Taimyr Energy Company” should be...
Several houses were completely destroyed. More than 200 rescue workers and volunteers participated in the search. (Photo: MCHS Krsk) On January 09, 2021, shortly after midnight, an avalanche hit the Russian ski resort of Gore Otdelnaya, near Norilsk. Five residential...
At the end of May, a tank collapsed at a power plant near Norilsk. More than 21,000 tons of diesel ran into the ground and into a nearby river. In the end, natural pollution covered hundreds of square kilometres and costs rose to the triple-digit billion mark. Photo:...
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...
Large-scale pollution has led to a devastating decline in forests east of Norilsk, Russia. Photo: Dr. Alexander Kirdyanov Industrial pollution in the Arctic is much worse than we thought. The largest study to date on annual rings of trees from Norilsk in Siberia has...