Moscow, February 11, 2021 — Nornickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper, notes that the Ministry of Environment and Rational Environmental Management of the Krasnoyarsk Krai sent to JSC Norilsk-Taimyr Energy Company (NTEC, part of Norilsk Nickel Group) a pre-trial demand for the voluntary compensation of damage to the wildlife resources caused by the diesel fuel spill from storage facility № 5 at Heat and Power Plant № 3 (HPP-3) in Norilsk in the amount of RUB 494 million (approx. USD 7 million).
According to the demand, the calculation of the monetary damage is based on evaluation of the negative impact of the spill on mammals and birds included in the Red Book of Endangered Species of Russia, hunting resources as well as on the wildlife habitat.
The Ministry of Environment and Rational Environmental Management of the Krasnoyarsk Krai suggests that the Company either compensate the damage within 30 days of the date of the receipt of the demand or take measures for environmental remediation of the impacted wildlife resources.