Vale Inco Nouvelle-Calédonie

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Vale Inco

Nouvelle-Calédonie

Vale Inco Nouvelle-Calédonie S.A.S. is responsible for the commercial mining of the nickel and cobalt deposit in the Goro plateau in the south of New Caledonia’s main island (Known locally as “Grande Terre”). The laterite deposit at Goro has one of the highest nickel contents in the world.

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the industrial

complex

Vale Inco Nouvelle-Calédonie's production complex for nickel and cobalt has been under construction since 2005 and production is planned to begin progressively from 2008 onwards. The complex covers a surface area of 22 hectares.

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the port at Prony


The industrial complex will need port facilities as much for the supply of fuel and raw materials as for the export of its finished products - nickel oxide and cobalt carbonate.

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