Norilsk Nickel Polar Division to modernize metallurgical capacities

According to Evgenie Muraveva, the non-ferrous output reached 196 thousand tons of nickel and 348 thousand tons of copper in 2010. Copper and nickel output should remain stable in the next few years while in 2016 its growth is expected. In addition to that the Polar Division is shuting down its melting capacities at Nickel plant by 2015, shutting down of the copper plant will follow. Thus, melting capacities will be concentrated at Nadezhdinsky metal plant where employees of similar manufactures will be transfered from Nickel and Copper plants (nickel and copper electrolize, however, will remain).