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The operational tailings pipeline has been in use since 1997 and is made upof glass-lined pipes, which is one of the best available technologies of the 1990s. Two years prior to the end of service life of the pipeline, the company initiated a tailings dam reconstruction project and pipeline replacement. A total of 12 800 m of pipes based on a new technology with lining of high-pressure polyethylene was procured from Somex, to prevent any leakage. In 2015-2016 Nornickel invested in excess of RUB 1 billion in the tailings pipeline revamping project at Hydrometallurgical Shop of Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant, concurrently the Company a delivered a NMP tailings dam rebuild project, which will secure safe operation in the coming years. Total project costs amounted to approximately RUB 3 billion.

On September 12, 2016 the Shop will fullytransition to dumping tailings in the rebuilt dam via the new tailings pipeline. In accordance with the new development strategy, Nornickel is leading a large-scale production upgrades initiative, which, among other goals, will eliminate the legacy environmental issues. Capital expenditures will reach RUB 800 billion by 2020, with RUB 300 billion earmarked for environmental projects.

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