Moscow, 25 December 2023 — Nornickel’s Board of Directors has approved the Company’s budget for 2024, including ca. USD 3.6 billion of capital expenditures.

In the upcoming year, the Company will continue with its strategy of moderate growth and sustainable development, encompassing pivotal investment projects with a focus on mining and processing growth, equipment upgrade and replacement to enhance occupational health and safety, energy and fuel infrastructure modernisation, and reduction of its environmental footprint, primarily through the Sulphur Programme.

Among other things, 2024 will see further replacement of mining equipment within Norilsk Division and important repairs of the flash smelter at Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant.

Next year, Nornickel will place particular emphasis on implementing its social strategy, prioritising the regions where it operates. The Company will go ahead with its comprehensive plan for renovating the Norilsk Industrial District while also tackling a range of other social challenges. Also, Nornickel plans to conduct wage indexation to maintain its position as one of the most attractive employers in the industry.

The Company’s newly approved budget factors in higher taxes, including temporary export duties imposed until the end of 2024. In 2023, Nornickel exercised its right to make an early payment of the additional tax levy known as the windfall tax, paying RUB 8.2 billion in October.

The Company continues to address emerging challenges associated with finished product sales, resource and equipment supplies, inflationary pressure, rising taxes, and debt portfolio management.

Against this backdrop, upholding Nornickel’s financial resilience remains a strategic priority. To that end, the 2024 budget lays out a suit of initiatives designed to boost operational efficiency, curb inflationary cost growth and adapt the sales strategy to the prevailing environment while also improving investment performance and working capital management.

Sergey Malyshev, the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, commented on Nornickel’s approved budget for 2024: “The management team appreciates the support of the Board of Directors in approving the budget for the upcoming 2024 year. This budget incorporates measures to address the elevated external and internal challenges and is aligned with the Company’s medium-term plans and strategic objectives. We reaffirm our commitment to conservative leverage levels and our investment programme targets without losing our focus on human resource retention and strengthening, ensuring the reliability of our fixed assets, reducing our environmental impact, making social investments across the Company’s footprint, and upholding stringent occupational health and safety standards.”

Nornickel approves budget for 2024