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Smelter · Russia

Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant

The processing centre for the Norilsk-Talnakh orebodies.

Blast furnace pig iron bed Middlesborough · Walter MacFarlane · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

ProcessingSmelter

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Ore mined above the Arctic Circle is smelted on site because shipping raw ore out of Norilsk is impossible for most of the year.

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Copper Nickel Palladium Platinum

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MMC Norilsk Nickel

The largest palladium producer in the world and a major nickel and copper producer.

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Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant

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MMC Norilsk Nickel

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