145 bln. rubles
Norilsk Nickel's capital expenditures budgeted for Y2016
February: Norilsk Nickel announces the founding of a palladium fund to work with large metal stockpile holders.
Also in February, the company announces that it will sign on as a general partner of the XXIX Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk, to be held in 2019, and will contribute more than 1 billion rubles to the games.
March: MMC Norilsk Nickel’s 2014 SCO Report wins first prize among Russian Federation participants at the Vision Awards LACP 2014/2015. Norilsk Nickel’s Report is ranked 8th in the top 50 reports of non-financial public companies worldwide.
April: Norilsk Nickel signs a partnership agreement with the International University Sports Federation, and in May concludes a similar agreement with the Russian Olympic Committee.
May: Sergey Donskoy, the Russian Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, awards the Evolution Awards 2016 prize to MMC Norilsk Nickel for environmentally friendly development.
July: The company unveils Norilsk Nickel’s new branding.
August: Norilsk Nickel’s oldest plant is taken out of operation, resulting in a 30 percent drop in sulphur dioxide pollution in the Norilsk residential area.
September: The Norilsk municipal authority, Norilsk Nickel, and the Vladimir Potanin Foundation cofound the Norilsk Development Agency.
November: Norilsk Nickel joins the UN Global Compact, the UN’s largest initiative for corporate social responsibility and sustainable development.
December: Norilsk Nickel’s operational reorganization results in Kola MMC’s Monchegorsk industrial facility becoming the largest nickel refining plant in the world. Aggregate nickel and copper production has increased by 50%.
MMC’s World of New Opportunities Program takes first prize as the Best Program Promoting Philanthropy in Society, part of the 9th Annual Corporate Philanthropy Leaders Project.
Norilsk Nickel’s $1.2 billion investment into its flagship initiative to bring the Bystrinsky deposits in the Zabaykalsky Krai into production wins the Investment Project of the Year award at the Russian Mining Award competition.