Polar Division
The key operating assets of Polar Division
The Polar Division is located in Russia at the Taimyr Penisnula above the Polar Circle, on the 69th parallel. It is connected to other regions of the country via the Yenisei river, the Northern Sea Route as well as by air. Seven Polar Division mines produce copper-nickel sulfide ores from the Oktyabrsky, Talnakh, and Norilsk-1 deposits. Ores mined have different contents of nickel, copper, platinum, palladium, cobalt, gold and other useful components. Polar Division mining assets
Notes: (1) Rich ores have a higher content of base and precious metals. (2) Komsomolsky mine operates the Talnakh deposit and the Western part of the Oktyabrsky deposit. Ore is enriched at the Talnakh and Norilsk Concentrators. The Talnakh Concentrator processes rich ores mined at the Oktyabrsky and Talnakh deposits to produce nickel, copper and pyrrhotite concentrates. The Norilsk Concentrator processes the entire volume of disseminated and cuprous ores from the Oktyabrsky and Talnakh deposits, and stored pyrrhotite concentrate to produce nickel and copper concentrates. In the Polar Division Metallurgical operations include the Nadezhda Metallurgical, Nickel and Copper Plants. The Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant processes all the nickel and pyrrhotite concentrates produced by the Talnakh Concentrator, some of the nickel concentrates from the Norilsk Concentrator (about 15%), and all the copper concentrate from the high-grade matte separation area of the Nickel Plantroasting shop to produce high-grade matte, copper anodes and elementary sulfur. The Nickel Plant processes the major part of the nickel concentrate generated by the Norilsk Concentrator (about 85%), all the enriched stored pyrrhotite concentrate, and some high-grade matte from the Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant, to produce nickel cathodes and cobalt. The Copper Plant processes the entire volume of copper concentrates produced by the Talnakh and Norilsk Concentrators and copper anodes from the Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant to produce copper cathodes, elementary sulfur and sulfuric acid. The Metallurgical shop, which is a division of the Copper Plant, recycles sludge from the copper electrolysis and the nickel electrolysis shops to produce precious metal concentrate, metallic silver, selenium and tellurium. The Company has outsourced the refining of the precious metals concentrates from the Polar Division under a tolling agreement to an independent precious metals refinery – Krasnoyarsk Precious Metals Plant. Key dataPolar Division ore mining and metals production
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