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Nikel | Nickel plant

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This nickel smelter, located in the very NW of the Kola Peninsula, caused major environmental impacts, such as forest dieback, and unhealthy conditions in the town of Nikel nearby. It was closed down in 2020, 18 years after this photo was taken.

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on Tuesday 15 October 2002 by Martin Mergili
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3530 visits, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED license