Energy Efficiency
Norilsk Nickel’s Kola MMC Begins Ambitious $400 million Modernization Project
The Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company (the Murmansk Region, a part of Nornickel), which produced nickel and copper, and which is Russia’s only producer of…
Norilsk Nickel and PhosAgro Plans to Use Alternative Energy in Arctic
Russian mining companies, working in the polar region, will adopt the Western counterparts’ experience in production’s automation, director for technical development at the Apatit Company…
Murmansk City Supports Electric Car Owners
To boost the number of electric cars in Northwest Russia, the government in Murmansk is weighing incentives it can offer its drivers, like easing the…
Lukoil Shares its Experience in Environmental Risk Management
LUKOIL representatives participated in a conference titled “Environmental modernization of the Russian industrial sector” following the Year of Ecology results. The speakers included Vladimir Burmatov,…
Buildings must be the foundation of a green city
Densely-populated cities are good for the environment in many ways. Condominiums and apartment buildings are more efficiently and easily heated and cooled. Public transport systems…
Arctic transport: what needs to be changed
Russia’s Arctic regions expect subsidies for reconstruction and renovation of runways at small regional airfields, and they need assistance in putting together a concept for…
Norilsk Nickel’s Investment of $14 mln into machinery upgrade of Kola GMK turns ecologically positive
Russian mining and metals company Norilsk Nickel will allocate 800 mln rubles ($14 mln) to acquire new machinery for Severny Mine of its affiliate Kola…
Vostochny Port obtains ISO 14001:2015 certificate
Vostochny Port JSC (part of Port Management Company coal holding), the largest Russia’s dedicated terminal with state-of-the-art coal handling technologies, became the first coal port…