Tag: Nickel mining

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A South African company is reported to be the most probable bidder for shares in New...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The French-proposed "pact" to salvage New Caledonia's beleaguered nickel industry is still in limbo as the...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Fresh clashes in New Caledonia have erupted in the suburbs of Nouméa between security forces and...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The signing of a "nickel pact" to salvage New Caledonia's embattled industry has not been signed...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ French Pacific correspondent A former New Caledonia-based High Commissioner, Patrice Faure, has been appointed Chief-of-Staff of French President Emmanuel Macron. Faure is...

By RNZ Pacific A coalition government in New Caledonia has collapsed after indigenous pro-independence politicians resigned, citing persistent economic issues and unrest over the sale...

BACKGROUNDER: By Michael Field Efforts by Brazilian miner Vale SA to extract itself from one of the world’s largest nickel and cobalt operations are creating...

This year is a crucial year for Papua New Guinea's mining industry as important players - in Hela, Porgera and Madang - are being...

By Moses Ompusunggu in Jakarta Indonesia's Jakarta Corruption Court has sentenced suspended Southeast Sulawesi governor Nur Alam to 12 years in prison in a case...

By Jeremaiah M. Opiniano in Manila The Philippines is among the world’s top sources of metallic deposits like nickel. But in this Southeast Asian mining...