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MMC Norilsk Nickel Annual Report 2009
cargo. From July 2009, the Company launched direct deliveries of
Group’s export products to European sea ports.
In November 2009, a logistics office of the Company in Europe — Norilsk
Nickel Logistics B.V. was established.
In December 2009, the management of the Company decided to overhaul
and upgrade the Company’s cargo handling terminal in the Murmansk
Commercial Sea Port. The plan provides for reconstruction of
the existing engineering services, railway tracks connecting two terminal
sites, construction of new railway, storage facilities and installation
of new equipment. The implementation period of the project —
22 months; envisaged investments — 1.1 billion Rubles.
In the reporting period, the overhauling of Dudinka port continued. In
particular, four new mobile cranes were commissioned. As a result, the
Dudinka sea port has eleven up-to-date Liebherr mobile cranes having
the maximum working load of 63 tonnes each, which significantly
increases the port capabilities in cargo handling.
In 2009, Taimyr Airlines upgraded its aircraft fleet and started operating
three Boeing 737–800NG passenger medium-range aircrafts. The
airline carries out regular flights from Norilsk to Moscow, Krasnoyarsk
and Sochi.
In accordance with 2010 investment program, key investment projects
include: building an ice class tanker and constructing a transshipment
terminal in Murmansk.
SUPPORT BUSINESS UNIT
The main goal of the Support business unit is to:
• provide the core production and other business units of the Group
with its products, works and services;
• purchase and sell material and technical resources for the Group,
collect, process and sell ferrous and non-ferrous scrap;
• carry out general construction, mining and development, roadheading,
drilling-and-blasting and special operations; provide
comprehensive services with regard to running repairs and overhauls
of the basic production assets of the Polar Division;
• provide Group’s employees with healthful and dietary meals and
arrange distribution of food products in the Norilsk Industrial District.
The Support business unit includes the following entities:
• ООО Norilsk Support Complex;
• CJSC Taimyr Fuel Company — is engaged in supplies of oil products
both for needs of the Group and for third parties;
• OOO Metal Scrap Recycling Plant — is engaged in collection,
processing and sale of ferrous and base metal scrap generated at the
Group’ enterprises as a result of dismantling;
• OOO Polar Construction Company — is engaged in carrying out
general construction, mining and development, road-heading,
drilling-and-blasting and special operations, and providing a complex
of services with regard to running repairs and overhauls of basic
production assets of the Polar Division;
• OOO Norilsknickelremont — engaged in maintenance and repair of
Group’s main assets.
RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING BUSINESS UNIT
The main objective of the Research and engineering business unit is
to provide a complete range of engineering services: from blueprinting
and design to project management, implementation and commissioning.
As a rule, the activities conducted consist in design and development
of production facilities for the Company divisions, primarily the
Mining and metallurgical business unit.
The Research and engineering business unit includes the following entities:
• OOO Institute Gipronickel — that unites research and scientific assets
of the Group (Gipronickel Institute in St. Petersburg, Norilskproject Institute
and Mining and Metallurgical Research Center in Norilsk, and
Design and Research Center in Monchegorsk);
• Norilsk Process Technology — a research division located in Australia
and dealing in development of technologies and simulation of flow
diagrams and processes.
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