Nornickel to shift part of nickel output to copper plant during repairs

From miningweekly.com

Russian metals producer Nornickel plans to start experimental nickel smelting at its copper plant this year to maintain output during a major furnace reconstruction scheduled for 2027, a company vice president said. The innovative move will allow the company to keep up nickel production during the overhaul. Nornickel, the world's biggest palladium producer and a major supplier of high-grade nickel, plans to overhaul the smelting furnace at the Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant in the Arctic city of Norilsk in 2027, Alexander Leonov, head of the company's Norilsk unit, told the Norilsk TV channel on Thursday. The shutdown ... (full story)