According to the report on the state of the environment and the way environmental factors affect the health of Sverdlovsk Region population, Rezhnickel Production Association increased its atmospheric emissions by 3,649 tons. Non-ferrous metallurgical enterprises normally make a significant impact on the state of the environment in the areas of their location, and in some cases they alter it completely to the degree comparable to changes caused by the presence of a ferrous metallurgical enterprise in the region.