JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The Polar transport division of nickel and palladium miner Nornickel said on Wednesday it had shipped about a third of the 72 000 t of coal it planned to deliver to remote settlements in the Russian Arctic this year.
Nornickel, which is a key participant of the Northern Supply Haul programme, plans to ship about 48 000 t of coal by river barges and about 24 000 t by sea vessels to the hard-to-reach settlement of Taimyr.
So far, the company has delivered about 15 000 t of coal by river and about 7 000 t by sea, Andrew Trunov, deputy director of Nornickel’s Polar transport division said.
The division would complete its river-based coal deliveries by the middle of next month.
Nornickel would also deliver 3 000 t of miscellaneous goods to the Khatanga settlement.
Every year, the company’s vessels deliver coal, construction materials, metal structures, machinery, containers and equipment to communities in the far North of the country.
Edited by: Creamer Media Reporter
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