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Norilsk Nickel to build Chinese smelter

Offshoring smelting will help circumvent sanctions

William Clarke
Credit: Norilsk

Credit: Norilsk

Russia's base metals giant Norilsk Nickel will shut down its Arctic copper plant in Russia and build a new smelter in China, in the clearest sign yet of the impact of sanctions on the Russian metals industry....

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