Moscow — PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel, the largest palladium and refined nickel producer in the world, announces today preliminary consolidated production results for the second quarter and the first half of 2019.

First Vice-President, Chief Operating Officer, Sergey Dyachenko commented on the 1H19 production results,

“In 1H19, we increased the output of all key metals delivering most notable growth in copper and PGMs. The increase in PGMs’ production was driven by the release of work-in-progress inventory at Krasnoyarsk Precious Metals Refinery and higher PGM content in processed Russian feed at Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta. The increase in copper output was due to the ramp up of Bystrinsky Project. We reiterate our metal production guidance from own Russian feed for FY2019”.

Nornickel announces preliminary consolidated production results for 1Н 2019