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Rehabilitation of nickel mining sites in New Caledonia

New Caledonia, a South Pacific archipelago, has the fourth largest nickel deposits in the world, with 11 percent of the world's reserves (International Nickel Study Group, 2000). Today, with major mining companies moving into the country and large tracts being worked with open-pit methods, mining rehabilitation is a subject of major concern to New Caledonians. Get price

NEW CALEDONIA: Indigenous people take on mining

The Kanaks living near the Goro Nickel project have been struggling for years to have Inco heed their calls for negotiations about the mine's environmental and social impacts. On March 29, tensions between the locals and Goro-Nickel erupted again with a blockade established at the site that forced mining operations to stop. Get price

Nickel Laterites: The World's Largest Source of Nickel

2019/11/21Goro Nickel Mine, New Caledonia The Goro Nickel Mine is one of the world's largest Nickel Laterite Mines. The project is owned by Vale (69%), a joint venture company composed of Sumic Nickel Netherlands, Sumitomo Metal Mining and Mitsui (21%) and the remaining 10% by three provinces within New Caledonia. Get price

Cobalt and nickel mine in New Caledonia

The Vale Nouvelle-Caldonie open-pit mine in the southern part of Grande Terre constitutes one of New Caledonia's largest laterite ore deposits. Following initial development of the mine, VINCI Construction Dom-Tom began further work in 2013 to build a 60-metre tailings pile (for materials with no nickel content) with a storage capacity of 20,000 m3 per day. Get price

NEW CALEDONIA BUYS INTEREST IN NICKEL PROJECT

2005/2/23SUVA, Fiji (Oceania Flash, Feb. 23) – New Caledonia's three provinces - North, South and Loyalty Islands - have formalized their acquisition of ten percent in the capital of Goro-Nickel, a US$1.8 billion nickel mining project in the South of the French Pacific Get price

Rehabilitation of nickel mining sites in New Caledonia

New Caledonia, a South Pacific archipelago, has the fourth largest nickel deposits in the world, with 11 percent of the world's reserves (International Nickel Study Group, 2000). Today, with major mining companies moving into the country and large tracts being worked with open-pit methods, mining rehabilitation is a subject of major concern to New Caledonians. Get price

Goro Nickel Project, South Pacific Island of New Caledonia

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. Get price

New Caledonia: Indigenous group blockades access to

Author: Les Nouvelles [New Caledonia], translation provided by Inco Goro Nickel, the target of Rheebu Nuu committee animosity, is not just about "the South Plant". Avenir Ensemble see it as a thoroughly nationwide project that concerns the whole country. Get price

New Caledonians fear Inco mining project.

2001/12/1Located in Goro, in the southern part of New Caledonia, the project is called Goro Nickel and shareholders include the French government. New Caledonia is a French protectorate. Members of the group said the mining project could endanger the unique bio-diversity of the area as well as the delicate coral reefs and fishing grounds, source of food for the Kanaks. Get price

New Caledonia: Indigenous group blockades access to

Author: Les Nouvelles [New Caledonia], translation provided by Inco Goro Nickel, the target of Rheebu Nuu committee animosity, is not just about "the South Plant". Avenir Ensemble see it as a thoroughly nationwide project that concerns the whole country. Get price

Mining to New Caledonia

The site is located on the Goro Plateau in the Southern Province of New Caledonia approximately 75 kilometres south-east from the capital Noumea. Production of finished products from VNC reached a record level for a second quarter of 8,400 tonnes in 2016 with nickel Get price

Waste Water Treatment in New Caledonia

The Goro Nickel Mine spans an area in excess of 100 square kilometres, and is situated 90 kilometres from Noumea, the capital city of New Caledonia. The plant contains five sewerage treatment plants situated in various locations throughout the mine's accommodation and administration blocks. Get price

Goro mine VALE Nouvelle

The Goro plateau is one of the major areas of lateritic New Caledonia. It consists of oxidized ores of two categories: Lateritic ore (upper profile), richer in iron oxides. Saprolite ore (lower profile), or magnesium-silicate mineral. Ore mining on the Goro plateau is made Get price

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The test of the mine: autochthony and environment in New Caledonia Doctoral thesis by Julien Merlin, at the Centre for the Sociology of Innovation of Mines ParisTech, defended in 2018. The thesis examines the controversies relating to the Goro-Nickel project for nickel extraction and processing in the Southern Province of New Caledonia. Get price

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The test of the mine: autochthony and environment in New Caledonia Doctoral thesis by Julien Merlin, at the Centre for the Sociology of Innovation of Mines ParisTech, defended in 2018. The thesis examines the controversies relating to the Goro-Nickel project for nickel extraction and processing in the Southern Province of New Caledonia. Get price

Vale's Goro site produces its first nickel metal product

Vale (formerly Vale Inco) headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has announced that the Goro project has successfully produced its first nickel metal product. Located in New Caledonia in the South Pacific, Vale confirmed that commissioning at the Gor Get price

Sustainability in Nickel Projects: 50 Years of Experience at

Vale Inco's Goro nickel project on the island of New Caledonia, shown here in an aerial view, cost roughly $4 billion and was approved for development by the company in 2008—following five decades of discussions and negotiations among various parties. Inco's Get price

Rehabilitation of nickel mining sites in New Caledonia

New Caledonia, a South Pacific archipelago, has the fourth largest nickel deposits in the world, with 11 percent of the world's reserves (International Nickel Study Group, 2000). Today, with major mining companies moving into the country and large tracts being worked with open-pit methods, mining rehabilitation is a subject of major concern to New Caledonians. Get price

New Caledonia: Unregulated Mining Threatens an Island

2006/8/14The Goro mine will likely be completed in late 2005. Falconbridge, another Canadian nickel producer plans to build an even larger mine in northern New Caledonia near Koniambo. This mine will produce 60,000 tons of nickel each year, 5 percent of the worlds Get price

Nickel Laterites: The World's Largest Source of Nickel

2019/11/21Goro Nickel Mine, New Caledonia The Goro Nickel Mine is one of the world's largest Nickel Laterite Mines. The project is owned by Vale (69%), a joint venture company composed of Sumic Nickel Netherlands, Sumitomo Metal Mining and Mitsui (21%) and the remaining 10% by three provinces within New Caledonia. Get price

News on Inco's Goro Nickel Project

Protest letter on Inco's Goro Nickel Project, New Caledonia (Kanaky) Mr. Pierre Frogier President New Caledonia Fax : Int'l code + 687 24 65 50 7 March 2002 Dear President Frogier, It has come to our attention that New Caledonia's community are calling on the Get price

New Caledonians fear Inco mining project.

2001/12/1Located in Goro, in the southern part of New Caledonia, the project is called Goro Nickel and shareholders include the French government. New Caledonia is a French protectorate. Members of the group said the mining project could endanger the unique bio-diversity of the area as well as the delicate coral reefs and fishing grounds, source of food for the Kanaks. Get price

East Asia's changing nickel markets

Vale's Goro Nickel Project is one of three major nickel miner-metallurgists projects in the French colony of New Caledonia VNC held 69 per cent interest in the Goro Nickel Project laterite ore body with an expected annual capacity of 60,000t of nickel and 4,300t to 5,000t of cobalt. Get price

Goro Nickel Mining Projectquot

Goro Nickel Project New Caledonia Our Projects Main 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. Get price

Project Title Goro Nickel Project – New Caledonia

Goro Nickel Project – New Caledonia Contract Type Bespoke Vale Re- measurable Contract Client Vale Nouvelle – Caledonie Company Involvement Roadbridge was appointed as the Main Contractor for this project on the 8th December 2011. Start / End €78 Get price