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Norilsk Nickel

Norilsk, Russia69.35°N 88.20°E

computed criticality20/100

reading

~40% of world palladium; leading producer of class-1 nickel

2024

Fault line

A single company, in an isolated Arctic city, supplies close to half the world's palladium and a key share of high-purity nickel. Palladium is essential to catalytic converters, class-1 nickel to batteries, with no immediate substitute at this scale.

Actors

Nornickel (Norilsk)

Feeds 2

Platinum, Bushveld Complex, RustenburgCritical Metals↗CATL, NingdeGrids & Energy↗

Sources

USGS ; Nornickel 2024

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