Energy Efficiency
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…
City of Oktyabrsky entered Top-5 cities of Russia convenient for separate waste collection
The city of Oktyabrsky is the most convenient city for separate waste collection in Bashkortostan. The Greenpeace specialists put this settlement in the fourth place….
Norilsk Nickel to finance social projects in three Russian regions
Russia’s leading mining and metallurgical company Norilsk Nickel (NorNickel) announced winners of a competition among social projects, organized under its charity program World of New…
The Four Laws of Ecology and The Four Anti-ecological Laws of Capitalism
In order to understand the ecological impact of these trends, it is useful to look at what Barry Commoner and others have referred to as…
Polymetal and Alrosa received top honours in Russian environmental report
LSE-listed Polymetal International was awarded the top rating in environmental responsibility among Russian metals and mining companies by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The WWF, in collaboration with the…
Gazprom Neft Invested 28 Billion Roubles During the “Year of Ecology” in Russia
In 2017 — designated Russia’s “Year of Ecology” — will see Gazprom Neft complete a range of projects directed at further reducing the plant’s environmental impacts, involving total investments of over RUB28 billion. The…
Sludge drying beds reconstructed at Kazanorgsintez
Kazanorgsintez continues to implement environmentally significant projects. The reconstructed sludge drying beds have been recently launched on the territory of the shop of effluent neutralization…