Growth and Diversity: The Changing Face of Global Mining
Introduction
Ladies and Gentlemen. It is an honour for Norilsk Nickel to present at this conference. This is our first major corporate presentation in China.
Could I begin by extending my congratulations to the organisers for the work they have put into the preparation of the conference and for helping to reinforce the reputation of China Mining as one of the premier events in the mining industry’s calendar.
For those not familiar with the name, Norilsk Nickel is Russia’s leading mining company and the world’s largest producer of nickel and palladium. It is also a major producer of copper, cobalt, platinum, and a host of minor metals from operations in the far north of Russia on the Taimyr and Kola peninsulas.
The company’s principal mining operations, located around the town of Norilsk, are extremely remote from other centres of population in Russia and exposed to some of the harshest conditions faced by miners anywhere in the world.