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Mining and metallurgical company Norilsk Nickel and its subsidiaries is the world's biggest producer of nickel and palladium, and one of the largest global producers of platinum and copper.
The company's key production regions are the Norilsk area in the Taimyr Peninsula and the Kola Peninsula. The Kola branch is managed by the Kolskaya GMK company, which operates the Pechenganickel and Severonickel units.
Norilsk Nickel transports major amounts of nickel ore from the port of Dudinka in the Yenisey River across the Barents Sea to Murmansk.
Overall saleable nickel production over the 12 months of 2007 amounted to 295,209 tons
Norilsk-Nickel will open coal mine
The production starts in 2015 with eight million tons and during the next years it will increase up to 15 million tons annually.
The Syradasai coal deposit is located about 100 km from Dixon on the Kara Sea coast, reports Reuters. The deposits will be jointly developed by Norilsk-Nickel and BHP Billiton.
In comparison, the Russian state owned company Arktikugol extract some 100 000 tons of coal annually from its mine in Barentsburg on Svalbard.
The port will be developed to receive boats up to 70,000 dwt. The nearest bigger reloading terminal for coal will be Murmansk.
