
Development and investments

World of New Opportunities to support 117 social projects
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. This year, the contestants dispersed to different poles - competition categories: Good, Future, City, Revival, Energy, Nature, North, Growth and even New Pole. Almost four hundred participants presented their initiatives to improve the quality of life and sustainable development of the regions. The geography ...

Nornickel launches air monitoring system in Norilsk
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Nornickel has created and launched an automatic air quality monitoring system in Norilsk. This is one of the first projects in Russia that allows monitoring the level of air pollution in the city online. To organize the system, 16 environmental monitoring stations were installed in ...

Nuclear icebreaker Yakutia to be deployed in Arctic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Nuclear and diesel icebreakers ensure year-round accessibility to 16 freezing seaports of the country and the safe movement of ships in their waters. A meeting was held at the Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport (Rosmorrechflot) under the chairmanship of the agency head Andrey ...

Financial support for northern territories to be increased
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. At a meeting of the relevant committee of the Krasnoyarsk region’s Legislative Assembly, the draft law on the regional budget was considered taking into account the amendments for the second reading, as reported on the official portal of Krasnoyarsk region. Amendments for a total of ...

Permafrost is under Nornickel’s control
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The project won first place in the international climate competition Green Eurasia, the prestigious federal award in the field of corporate innovations GenerationS Innovation Award (GIA) and was highly appreciated at the International Competition BRICS Solution Awards. Today, Nornickel is the only company in ...

Dudinka port crane to be controlled remotely
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Nornickel’s Polar Transport Branch (PTB) will be the first in Russia to control a portal crane remotely. The project was implemented by participants of the Virsain startup together with the Intechcom company. Before that, only bridge crane operators could control the equipment from their ...

Record-breaking well drilled at Pelyatka
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Drilling of gas wells continues at the Pelyatka gas condensate field. As a reminder, Norilskgazprom is implementing a large-scale project to build new wells, which is significant for the gas supply of enterprises of the mining and metallurgical complex and the Big Norilsk. It is ...

Fiber-optic line to come to Northern remote villages
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In the Yenisey district, they have begun implementing a large-scale project to provide high-quality Internet and cellular communications to several settlements on the Siberian river - the construction of a fiber-optic communication line. The project will be implemented over several years. The telecom operator ...

Norilsk becomes unique and successful development example
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. At the forum Support Cities of Russia, which was held on August 16 in Minusinsk, the Norilsk master plan was presented. Since last year, the city has been included in the list of support points of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. For ...