Nornickel fully restores cobalt production after repairs from 2022 fire

Published: Dec 8, 2025 00:00

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Russian mining and metals conglomerate Norilsk Nickel announced on Monday that it has fully completed the reconstruction of its cobalt production facility in the Murmansk region, which was damaged in a fire back in September 2022. As Russia’s sole cobalt producer, the facility had an annual production capacity of 2,500 metric tons prior to the 2022 blaze. In the aftermath of the fire, the company only restored part of the facility, bringing its annual output down to 1,000 metric tons (including both cobalt concentrate and pure cobalt). Following the full-scale reconstruction and upgrading, the annual production capacity of the cobalt plant will be increased to 3,000 metric tons of metallic cobalt.

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