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Development and investments

Norilsk leads in modernizing city infrastructure

Norilsk leads in modernizing city infrastructure

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The emerging competition among northern cities is evidenced by the fact that at meetings of their representatives, disputes arise about who is further north, who should be called the capital of the Arctic. But against this background, Norilsk is objectively and indisputably the leader, ...

International scale projects implemented in Norilsk

International scale projects implemented in Norilsk

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. During a working trip to Norilsk, the Russian minister for the Far East and the Arctic Development, Alexey Chekunkov, inspected the new Iceberg ice arena. The hockey and skating facility was built on the initiative of the Nornickel company. One of the main ideas was ...

Rosatom and Nornickel signed cooperation agreement

Rosatom and Nornickel signed cooperation agreement

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Nornickel president Vladimir Potanin and Rosatom general director Alexey Likhachev have signed an agreement on the low-power nuclear plants construction. The signed document stipulates that the companies will study possible options, determine the priority site for the ground station location, its configuration and the ...

China is ready to cooperate with Russia in Arctic

China is ready to cooperate with Russia in Arctic

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. China is ready to develop cooperation with Russia in various areas, including in the Arctic. This was stated by the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s official representative, Mao Ning. The One Belt, One Road forum was held in Beijing, which is an international initiative of China to ...

Norilsk and Dudinka included in Russian Arctic strongholds list

Norilsk and Dudinka included in Russian Arctic strongholds list

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Based on the results of the first meeting of the headquarters on the development of cities and other settlements in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, 26 stronghold settlements in the Arctic were identified. Norilsk, Dudinka, Dikson and Igarka are among them. “Supporting settlements ...

Metals give birth to cities

Metals give birth to cities

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. One of the northernmost cities in the world is located on the Taimyr peninsula, in the Far North, beyond the Arctic Circle, near the Kara sea and the Yenisey river. The world’s largest deposit of nickel, copper and platinum group metals was formed 250 million ...

Northern Sea Route ports capacity to double in 2024

Northern Sea Route ports capacity to double in 2024

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Thus, this year the Yenisey coal port is being prepared for commissioning, in 2024 - the oil terminal of the Bay Sever port and the capacity of Novatek PJSC for shipping liquefied natural gas. As TASS quotes the words of Maxim Kulinko, deputy director of ...

Arctic hectares owners to be trained to do business

Arctic hectares owners to be trained to do business

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The course will be useful for recipients of land for low-rise housing construction, agriculture, and tourism. The training will consist of three educational tracks: organization of agriculture; features of the tourism business organization and management; features of the of the construction process organization. “Training will be held in ...

New agricultural technologies guaranty rich harvest in Arctic

New agricultural technologies guaranty rich harvest in Arctic

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Russian State Agrarian University - Timiryazev Moscow Agricultural Academy’s Agrotechnologies of the Future scientific center’s artificial climate laboratory is implementing the flagship project - New Agrotechnologies for the Arctic Zone. Smart city farms - vertical greenhouses with light, temperature and humidity sensors - have ...