Nornickel announced that following an earlier announcement on the claim filed with the Arbitrazh Court of the Krasnoyarsk region by the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources Rosprirodnadzor against JSC Norilsk-Taymyr Energy Company, a subsidiary of the Company, seeking compensation of damages caused to the environment as a result of the diesel fuel spill accident on 29 May 2020 at Heat and Power Plant No 3 in the Kayerkan neighborhood of the city of Norilsk, notes that at today’s final hearing the Court announced that it decided to award damages claimed by Rosprirodnadzor in the amount of RUB 146.2 billion (USD 1.9 billon).In accordance with Russian law, the judgment will come into force one month after the date of the full judgment unless it is appealed. Nornickel will carefully evaluate the decision of the Court following receipt of the full text of the judgment.
Nornickel announced that following an earlier announcement on the claim filed with the Arbitrazh Court of the Krasnoyarsk region by the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources Rosprirodnadzor against JSC Norilsk-Taymyr Energy Company, a subsidiary of the Company, seeking compensation of damages caused to the environment as a result of the diesel fuel spill accident on 29 May 2020 at Heat and Power Plant No 3 in the Kayerkan neighborhood of the city of Norilsk, notes that at today’s final hearing the Court announced that it decided to award damages claimed by Rosprirodnadzor in the amount of RUB 146.2 billion (USD 1.9 billon).In accordance with Russian law, the judgment will come into force one month after the date of the full judgment unless it is appealed. Nornickel will carefully evaluate the decision of the Court following receipt of the full text of the judgment.