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MOSCOW, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Three individuals had been killed on Tuesday in an accident at Norilsk Nickel’s GMKN.MM Taimyr mine in Siberia, the Russian firm mentioned.
The world’s largest palladium producer and second-largest nickel producer mentioned the mine was nonetheless working after the incident. It is without doubt one of the firm’s foremost mines in Siberia and accommodates combined ores. Nornickel can be a serious producer of platinum and copper.
“The circumstances of the incident are being clarified,” mentioned Nornickel, which is part-owned by Russian businessman Vladimir Potanin and aluminium big Rusal 0486.HK.
At 1630 native time three staff had been discovered useless at a depth of 1,445 metres (0.9 miles), Nornickel mentioned, including that there had not been a fireplace.
The accident didn’t trigger the mine to break down, TASS information company quoted the emergency ministry as saying.
“Nornickel is conducting…