The Goro mine is a large nickel mine in the south of New Caledonia, near the township of Yaté, Prony Bay, in the South Province. It is owned by the Brazilian company Vale, who are in the process of selling it to Melbourne-based New Century Mining in June 2020 following years of technical problems and low production. The large mine and plant was opened at Goro in 2010 although it has had frequent stoppages.
Details >2020-12-10· The Goro plant owned by Vale is the world’s fourth-largest nickel ore producer and a key economic driver for New Caledonia, employing 3000 people. But it
Details >Vale holds a 95% stake in the Goro nickel-cobalt project while the remaining 5% is held by Société de participation minière du Sud calédonien (SPMSC), which is a holding company of three provinces of New Caledonia. Sumic Nickel Netherlands, a joint venture of Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Mining and Mitsui earlier held a 21% stake in the project which was transferred to Vale in 2016. Project
Details >2019-12-04· Vale has decided to walk away from its ailing Goro nickel operation on the Pacific Island of New Caledonia, which has been strewn with operational problems
Details >2020-12-10· The Goro plant owned by Vale is the world’s fourth-largest nickel ore producer and a key economic driver for New Caledonia, employing 3000 people. But it
Details >Vale holds a 95% stake in the Goro nickel-cobalt project while the remaining 5% is held by Société de participation minière du Sud calédonien (SPMSC), which is a holding company of three provinces of New Caledonia. Sumic Nickel Netherlands, a joint venture of Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Mining and Mitsui earlier held a 21% stake in the project which was transferred to Vale in 2016. Project
Details >2020-12-11· New Caledonia has around a quarter of the world’s known nickel reserves. Conrontation over nickel The current confrontation involves the Goro Nickel Project, 60 km east of Noumea which commenced production in 2010 planning to produce 60,000 tonnes a year of nickel
Details >Goro Nickel Project New Caledonia. Wagner Investments Pty Ltd completed a contract to supply approximately 160,000 cubic metres of concrete, and crush and supply the concrete aggregate, for the foundations for processing plants, wharf, tunnels, dams and general civil works for the Goro Nickel Mine. Concrete production for this project continued year round, despite extreme heat and constant
Details >As regards the nickel laterite ore which Vale extracts in Sorowako, Indonesia, in Onça Puma, Brazil, and in Goro, New Caledonia, it is not possible to produce a concentrate of metal, apart from the fact that these operations deal with the complete feeding of the mineral, with
Details >The project losses totalled around $1.3bn from 2014 to 2016. Vale New Caledonia comprises the Goro mine, which commenced operations in 2010. Meanwhile, Vale has also revised the production forecasts for nickel for next year to 244,000t from the previous estimate of 263,000t.
Details >2020-05-26· New Century Resources is set to acquire Vale’s Goro nickel-cobalt mine in New Caledonia, a move that is supported by the Australian company’s key shareholder, IGO.
Details >2019-12-04· A photo taken on May 27, 2015 shows Brazilian Vale's nickel processing plant of Goro in southern New Caledonia. Photo: AFP PHOTO / FRED PAYET. The decision was announced in Noumea as the company presented a new strategy, which will in part need to have government approval. Vale will close its nickel refinery and stop its cobalt production, which will result in a yet to be specified number
Details >2020-03-17· This image is an aerial view of the Doniambo Nickel Smelter in Noumea, New Caledonia. The time given for completion was three and a half years. Using local labour and equipment, this project was completed in tow years (eighteen months ahead of schedule). In this photo the New Smelter in the foreground with its two towers remained intact, all of the Old Smelter behind was removed. Picture 2
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