UPDATE ON THE DIESEL SPILL ACCIDENT
AT NORNICKEL'S HEAT AND POWER PLANT № 3
Moscow, July 7, 2020 - Nornickel, the world's largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper, notes the announcement made on 6 July 2020 by the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (Rosprirodnadzor) that it has sent to Norilsk-Taimyr Energy Company (NTEC, part of Norilsk Nickel Group) a demand for the voluntary compensation of damage to the environment caused as a result of diesel fuel spill at Heat and Power Plant № 3 (HPP-3) in the amount of RUB 147,784,627,500 (approx. USD 2.07 billion), including damage to the water system in the amount of RUB 147,046,011,000 and damage to land in the amount of RUB 738,616,500. Nornickel will be able to provide further comments regarding this demand after its receipt by NTEC.
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