Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest nickel producer, said Monday that a dike at its Nadezhda plant overflowed, coloring the Daldykan River blood red. AFP/GREENPEACE/Liza UDILOVA/getty images.

The city of Norilsk does not rely on the Daldykan river for drinking water. Norilsk is a top ten mining company with its ADRs trading in New York affording the company a $25 billion market value.

The Norilsk region is one of the most polluted regions in the world. The country’s state statistics service classified the region Russia’s most polluted in 2010. Based on reporting by AFP and BBC.

Norilsk-Nickel’s subsidiary Kola GMK has for decades been branded as the largest cross-border air-polluter in the borderlands between Russia, Finland and Norway. Nadezhda plant in Norilsk.

Moscow - The world's top palladium producer, Russia's Norilsk Nickel, revealed higher-than-expected palladium and platinum reserves on Tuesday, the first time it has disclosed such data to the market.

The world's biggest nickel producer has admitted a spillage at one of its plants was responsible for a river in the Russian Arctic turning blood-red. Norilsk Nickel says, external that heavy rains ...

Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest nickel producer, said Monday that a dike at its Nadezhda plant overflowed, coloring the Daldykan River blood red. AFP/GREENPEACE/Liza UDILOVA/getty images.

Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest nickel producer, said Monday that a dike at its Nadezhda plant overflowed, coloring the Daldykan River blood red. AFP/GREENPEACE/Liza UDILOVA/getty images.