Norilsk Nickel announces the signing of a 13-year EUR 37,8 million credit facility agreement with Commerzbank AG under Euler Hermes cover. The proceeds will be used to finance 85% of the contract value for the construction of an electric power substation in Norilsk area. Thyssen Schachtbau GmbH acts as the general contractor of the project.…
Polar Construction Company LLC (Nornickel subsidiary) has opened a new training ground for practicing work at height with fall-arresting harnesses, and work on scaffolds. “Underground group workers, as well as tiers and drifters and surface construction workers will train at the facility. Each of them has jobs assignments to be performed at height”, said the…
Kola MMC, the Nornickel subsidiary, added innovative rolling stock to its rented tank car fleet for sulfuric acid transportation. The company received 73 tanks of higher capacity. Railcars with increased bogie axial load up to 25 tons per axis (compared to 23 tons for conventional railcars) are an innovative rolling stock. Loading capacity of the…
Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant (NMP) Hydrometallurgical Shop has fully transitioned to dumping tailings to the rebuilt dam via a newly installed tailings pipeline, operational as of September 15. The project is an element of the large-scale environmental enhancement program embarked on by Nornickel. The company is striving to identify the areas with the highest historical exposure…
Automated Warman pumping station equipped with thickeners underflow heating unit was installed at Norilsk Concentrator. After closure of agglomeration shop of Nickel Plant one of its sections was additionally equipped with automated Warman pumping unit and thickeners underflow heating unit. Later, the section became a part of Norilsk Concentrator, which is a structural division of…
Three new fine-grinding vertical mills Vertimill VTM3000 manufactured by Metso Minerals are under commissioning at Talnakh Concentrator, Polar Division of Nornickel as a part of introduction of new technology for high-grade and cupriferous ores enrichment. The equipment is unique for both Polar Division of the company and Russian operations. VTM3000 will be the first application…
Construction of trestle for crane altitude change is in the progress in the main building of the smelting shop of Kola MMC (Nornickel subsidiary) in township of Nickel. The engineering structure is necessary for repair of main hoisting-and-conveying equipment. Three overhead cranes operate in main aisle of the smelting shop. They are responsible for charging…
Repair of flue gas stack No. 1 and restoring repair of main smelting unit, Vanukov furnace No. 2, commenced at Copper Plant. Activities will last for ten days. According to the production process the repair of flue gas stack (treated off-gas from Vanukov furnaces is discharged through stack No. 1) is associated with repair of…
