Land
The Company’s priority is to mitigate and where possible prevent a negative impact on land resources that arises in the course of our operations and supplies of our products.
Our management of land resources fully complies with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, in particular the following ones:
We set the following land management targets in line with the
Rehabilitation of disturbed territories
Programme on landscaping of territories and support for environmental projects
In 2022, the Company launched a project to restore the ecosystem at Lake Pyasino and to increase fish reproduction capacity using an eco-friendly
We traditionally take part in urban greening projects in Norilsk, Dudinka, Monchegorsk, Zapolyarny and Nikel. Together with local authorities and the Company’s volunteers, we launched a disturbed area reclamation programme to clean up and improve public spaces and areas around motorways, protect water bodies and water reserves, and revamp tourist camping sites.
Since 2021, Nornickel has been carrying out compensatory reforestation work, including planting forest crops in the Trans-Baikal Territory.
At the end of 2025, the reforestation area amounted to 212 ha (common pine seedlings), of which 106 ha in the Baikal natural territory. To preserve forest crops planted in 2023-2024, silvicultural treatments were carried out on an area of 205.7 ha.
Since 2024, the Company has been developing innovative reforestation technology using unmanned aircraft systems. The technology is based on the method of simulating aero sowing, which allows to increase seed germination and restore forest cover in hard-to-reach areas. Pine seeds are chosen for landscaping, as they cannot be sown naturally due to their severity. About 40 million seeds of coniferous plants were sown in the vicinity of Monchegorsk in 2025, and the area of landscaping in 2025 was 100 ha.
Nornickel is running Clean Norilsk, a programme to clean up contaminated areas and rehabilitate disturbed land in the Norilsk area. For 2020–2030, the Company’s total investments in the programme stand at RUB 40 bn.
Nornickel is the organiser of the Great Norilsk Expedition.
In 2023, the Company completed the rehabilitation of land contaminated by the fuel spill at CHPP-3 and disturbed during clean-up activities. The Company undertook to remedy any identified defects during the warranty period and to conduct a re-inspection in the absence of snow cover.
A follow-up examination of rehabilitated land conducted by an independent entity in 2024 confirmed that the chemical and physical soil indicators met quality standards and requirements of Russian laws. Nornickel plans to monitor this area in the coming years and assess how land rehabilitation efforts contribute to improving vegetation and soil conditions.