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Nordic region takes a lead role in battery production
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With nickel from Kola, Finnish city of Vaasa chosen for battery materials plant

As European carmakers ramp up production of electric vehicles, the Nordic region takes a lead role in battery production.
Indigenous demand for Nornickel environmental action
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Indigenous peoples call on Nornickel's global partners to demand environmental action

Nornickel does not invite us to meetings, so now we urge international shareholders and buyers of their metals to take action, says Pavel Sulyandziga, President of the Batani Foundation, an exile group working for the rights of indigenous peoples in the Russian north.
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Russia's Nornickel says it will spend $600 million collecting Soviet-era Arctic waste

Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel, hit by a fuel spill at an Arctic power station in May, will spend $600 million by 2030 collecting Soviet-era waste around its Arctic sites.

diesel oil spill in the Taymyr tundra
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Permafrost melting did not trigger oil spill catastrophe, says Russian control authority

A report concludes that construction faults and maintenance negligence were main reasons for the spill of 21,000 tons of diesel oil in the Taymyr tundra.

Nornickel's pollution cloud covers fragile taiga
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Another smoggy Sunday in the town with factories owned by Russia's richest man

Nornickel’s pollution cloud covering the fragile taiga forest on the Kola Peninsula comes only a few days after CEO Vladimir Potanin said a company that pays high dividends to shareholders must be able to spend serious funds on ensuring sustainable development.
toxic Nornickel smog Kola Peninsula
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More pollution from Nornickel, Kola peninsula covered by smog

Kilometers and kilometers of fragile taiga nature west of the smelters for nickel and copper in Monchegorsk was Friday covered by smog containing sulfur dioxide and heavy metals.
Nornickel blames permafrost melt for spill

Russian mining firm accused of using global heating to avoid blame for oil spill

Nornickel said permafrost thaw could have caused catastrophic diesel spillage in Arctic.

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