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  • proper noun A city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, second largest city north of the Arctic Circle.

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Examples

  • Rusal has repeatedly said that its investment in Norilsk is "strategic" and it has no intention to sell.

    Rusal Not Interested in Selling Norilsk Stake Alexander Kolyandr 2010

  • Rusal, which bought its stake in Norilsk in 2007, argues that the company is badly managed, and Interros-backed Chief Executive Vladimir Strzhalkovsky must go.

    Key Norilsk Meeting Starts Thursday Alexander Kolyandr 2010

  • Tycoon Oleg Deripaska, whose Rusal controls a 25% stake in Norilsk, had called the extraordinary meeting hoping to reverse the loss of board influence it suffered at the annual meeting in June.

    Norilsk Battle Set to Continue Alexander Kolyandr 2010

  • Norilsk is the world's largest producer of nickel — the metal used in production of stainless steel — and a major producer of copper, platinum and palladium.

    Key Norilsk Meeting Starts Thursday Alexander Kolyandr 2010

  • The meeting could still be derailed, as a previously unknown shareholder in Norilsk, Cyprus-based Gardenstate Holdings Ltd., has filed a lawsuit at a local Siberian court, seeking to block the voting.

    Key Norilsk Meeting Starts Thursday Alexander Kolyandr 2010

  • Norilsk is a town in Siberia, built by prisoners of a Stalinist gulag.

    Corporation-city: the hidden truth | Disinformation 2007

  • This was the real question I was wrestling with throughout the whole time that I stayed in Norilsk, and still today.

    Scenes From Russian Life 2003

  • This was the real question I was wrestling with throughout the whole time that I stayed in Norilsk, and still today.

    Scenes From Russian Life 2003

  • Trafigura's entrance adds a new twist to the long-running struggle for control of Norilsk, which is the world's largest producer of nickel and also mines half of the world's palladium.

    Commodities Trader Trafigura Buys Norilsk Stake Alexander Kolyandr 2010

  • The decision tightens the state's hold on Norilsk, which is controlled by rivals Oleg Deripaska and Vladimir Potanin.

    Kremlin Tightens Hold on Norilsk 2008

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