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Norilsk Nickel cuts staff in Pechenga

Russian mining and metallurgy giant Norilsk Nickel has cut staff with 164 persons in the town of Nikel, located near the border to Norway.

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The staff cuts are made in the Pechengageologia company, a subsidiary of Norilsk Nickel, website Blog.i-balans.ru reports. The labor marked in the border town remains strained as no local companies hire new personnel. The Norilsk Nickel and its subsidiary Kolskaya GMK is the cornerstone enterprise in Pechenga, the municipality located in the farthest northwestern corner of Russia.