Uncovering access to Siberia's natural resources The vast Krasnoyarsk territory in northern Siberia occupies more than 10% of Russia’s total area and has some of the country’s richest natural resources, including 86.3 billion tons of known coal reserves. The remote northern regions of the territory are thought to have the largest potential reserves in the world, estimated at around 2.3 trillion tons. We were part of a team commissioned to review the viability of developing a significant coal reserve in this region by Norilsk Nickel, the world’s leading producer of nickel and palladium and one of the world’s top 10 copper producers. Working through our Russian-focused joint venture, IMC Montan, in partnership with KPMG (Moscow), we carried out a detailed analysis of each of the coal reserve

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