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Places/Smelter town

Norilsk

Smelter town, Russia, founded 1935.

About Norilsk

City in Russia.1

Where next

Mines

Worked atOktyabrsky and Talnakh mines (Norilsk)Oktyabrsky and Talnakh mines (Norilsk) lies about 22 km away.1Worked atNorilsk-Taimyr (Nornickel)Norilsk-Taimyr (Nornickel) lies about 11 km away.1

Events

Led toConstruction of Norilsk combine beginsNorilsk is part of this story: Construction of Norilsk combine begins.1

Places

ExamplesBorAnother smelter town, in Russia: Norilsk.2ExamplesTonglingAnother smelter town, in Russia: Norilsk.3

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q175517 (Norilsk)
  2. Wikidata item Q462461 (Bor)
  3. Wikidata item Q360326 (Tongling)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Pictures: Escondida Mine, Chile, NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (Public domain (NASA media, no copyright)); Elektrisk malmletning. Undersökningar på Billiton, 1920., Okänd / Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0).