Nornickel is a leading diversified metals and mining holding company, the world’s largest producer of palladium, and one of the leading global producers of Class I nickel, platinum, and copper.
The Company manages the full metal production cycle, from ore mining to refining, along with its own energy, transport, and support infrastructure as well as a dedicated research institute.
Nornickel’s products
Nornickel’s products are used in car manufacturing, energy infrastructure construction, and the production of equipment for green energy as well as across many other industries.
Nornickel Group’s structure
Nornickel is the largest company operating in the Russian Arctic, a cornerstone of local economies, and the largest employer in four of its host cities: Norilsk, Dudinka, Monchegorsk and Zapolyarny. In addition, Nornickel’s production assets are also located in the Trans‑Baikal Territory. The Company’s Head Office is based in Moscow.
2024 milestone
In 2024, two divisions – Norilsk and Kola, comprising the Group’s core operating assets, – were merged into the Polar Division to enhance operational efficiency and streamline internal processes.
Development of deposits within the Western Ore Cluster, mining and further processing of disseminated copper‑nickel sulphide ores
Zhdanovskoye, Zapolyarnoye, and Tundrovoye deposits
Taimyr Peninsula, north of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia
Deposit development and full metals production cycle – from mining of rich, cupriferous, and disseminated copper‑nickel sulphide ores to manufacturing of end products
Oktyabrskoye and Talnakhskoye deposits, Norilsk‑1 deposit as well as non‑metallic deposits (Ozero Lesnoye, Gorozubovskoye, Kayerkanskoye, Mokulayevskoye, and Gribanovskoye), development projects (Maslovskoye and the Western flank of the Oktyabrskoye deposit), and high potential areas (Yuzhno‑Norilskaya, Mikchangdinskaya, and Arylakhskaya)
Trans‑Baikal Division
Trans‑Baikal Territory, Gazimuro‑Zavodsky Municipal District
Exploration, mining, and further processing of gold‑iron‑copper ores
Bystrinskoye deposit, development projects (Bystrinsko‑Shirinskoye and Bugdainskoye deposits, flanks of the Bystrinskoye deposit), and high‑potential areas (Alenuyskaya, Shamyanskaya, Mostovskaya, and Dogyinskaya)
Energy Division
Norilsk Industrial District
Production and transportation of natural gas and gas condensate, generation of heat and electricity for the Company’s production assets, local consumers, and residents of the Norilsk Industrial District, as well as organising supplies and storage of light and heavy petroleum products in the Far North
Pelyatkinskoye, Yuzhno‑Soleninskoye, Severo‑Soleninskoye gas condensate fields, Messoyakhskoye gas field
Sales Division
Russia, Switzerland, China (Shanghai and Hong Kong SAR)
Selling end and semi‑products, expanding the customer base, ensuring customer satisfaction, venturing into new product segments and sales markets, and conducting scientific, technology, and marketing research
