Finland front page Nornickel Harjavalta Our products Responsibility Our career Current affairs Take contact 18/08/2021 by Nornickel Harjavalta The large-scale industrial park is preparing for annual maintenance The annual maintenance of Boliden Harjavalta and Nornickel Harjavalta will start at the end of August in the Industrial Park. This year, Boliden’s annual maintenance will run until the end of October and Nornickel until mid-September. Specialists come to the annual maintenance of companies, especially from Finland and a small part from abroad. Employees from abroad are required to have two negative corona test results before entering the area. Arrangements during the annual maintenance period to prevent the spread of the coronavirus have been planned in close co-operation between the actors of the Industrial Park and in consultation with health care experts and the authorities. - We have prepared coronary risk assessments for annual maintenance, which also includes precautionary measures. The risk assessments have assessed the situations in which the workplace may be at risk of spreading the coronavirus. Based on the assessments, measures have been identified to minimize the risk. In addition, suppliers coming to annual maintenance from outside the Industrial Park are required to have their own interest rate contingency plan based on risk assessments for annual maintenance, say Timo Rautalahti and Joni Hautojärvi , CEOs of Boliden Harjavalta and Nornickel Harjavalta . - You must not come to work as a symptom. There is a corona testing point in the vicinity of the factory's occupational health station, where staff can book an appointment if necessary. In addition, the factory area has mask instructions for indoor and outdoor use. Those arriving for annual maintenance are also advised to wear the mask in their free time and are reminded of the importance of keeping safety distances even outside the factory area. Boliden and Nornickel are closely monitoring the pandemic situation and, in addition to a joint group of plant site operators, both companies have contingency teams to adjust precautionary measures if necessary. One coronavirus infection has been identified in Boliden's annual maintenance preparations. The situation was dealt with effectively in accordance with the instructions of the region and the authorities. The occupational health service in the area quickly identified the exposed and the authority was responsible for quarantine regulations. ANNUAL MAINTENANCE IN THE LARGE INDUSTRIAL PARK 2021: · Maintenance work during annual maintenance ensures the availability and safety of production facilities. · Nornickel annual maintenance: August 27-September 16, 2021. Main focus on investment, maintenance and production cleaning work. · Boliden's annual maintenance: 23 August - 26 October 2021. The expansion of nickel production will be completed in the annual maintenance, where the feedstock feed capacity will increase from 310,000 tons to 370,000 tons per year, and at the same time CO2 emissions per tonne of nickel will decrease by 15–20% from the current level. More information: · President and CEO of Boliden Harjavalta, Timo Rautalahti, tel. +358 50 598 7620 · Nornickel President and CEO of Harjavalta, Joni Hautojärvi, tel. +358 50 384 3608 Extranet Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta Oy Teollisuuskatu 1 29200 Harjavalta  02 537 11  firstname.lastname@nornickel.fi