Russian mining company Nornickel is to join the Responsible Sourcing Blockchain Network (RSBN), an industry collaboration across the minerals supply chain that uses blockchain to support responsible sourcing and production practises from mine to market.
The move will see Nornickel's supply chains - including each stage of the company's vertically-integrated operations, from Russian mines to refineries in Finland and Russia - audited annually against responsible sourcing requirements.Nornickel is the world's largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel, and is a major producer of platinum and copper. It...