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. 24
1. Management Structure MMC NORILSK NICKEL Mining and Metallurgical business unit Sales business unit Geology business unit Energy business unit Transportation and logistics business unit Research and engineering business unit Support business unit Polar Division Normetimpex Intergeoproject Norilskenergo Branch Polar Transportation Branch Institute Gipronickel Norilsk Support Complex Kola MMC Metal Trade Overseas (Switzerland) Norilskgeologiya NTEC Murmansk Transportation Branch Norilsk Process Technology (Australia) Taimyr Fuel Company Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta (Finland) Norilsk Nickel Europe (UK) GRK Bystrinskoye Norilskgazprom Arkhangelsk Branch Metal Scrap Recycling Plant Nkomati Nickel Mine (South Africa) Norilsk Nickel Asia Ltd. (China) Bugdainsky Rudnik Taimyrgaz Krasnoyarsk Branch Polar Construction Company Tati Nickel Mining Company (Botswana) Norilsk Nickel USA Inc. (USA) Taimyrenergo Yenisei River Shipping Company Pechengageologiya Norilsknickelremont Norilsk Nickel Cawse (Australia) Vostokgeologiya Arkhangelsk Commercial Sea Port Black Swan (Australia) Geokomp Norilsk Airport Lake Johnston (Australia) Kingashskaya GRK Taimyr Airlines Waterloo (Australia) GRK Gremyakha Norilsk Nickel Logistics (Netherlands) Honeymoon Well (Australia) Stillwater Mining Company (USA) Russian Assets International Assets 25