Nornickel to double covid-19 spending to almost $280m

Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel on Friday said it would double its spending this year on measures to protect against the coronavirus outbreak to 20 billion roubles ($278.5 million).

The company said the measures would include anti-virus security at production sites and employee support.

($1 = 71.8150 roubles)

(By Anastasia Teterevleva and Alexander Marrow; Editing by Jason Neely)