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Russia's young flock to Arctic mining town

Andrew Topf | March 06, 2011 | 7:26 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Europe Nickel Palladium 

Lung-blackening pollution and Arctic isolation have not stopped Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel from attracting graduates to work in its mines. Andrey Ostroukh, writing for Reuters, describes how nickel and palladium mining have transformed this former Gulag town into a...

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