A delegation of 26 persons of the Northern Province and SMSP’s Assembly including the President Paul Néaoutyine and André Dang, went to Gwangyang and Seoul from 25th to 30th June. It was an opportunity for the elected representatives of the Northern Province, particularly those from the new term, to discover POSCO industrial complex and to...
The 15th Technical Committee has gathered the representatives of the two partners, SMSP and POSCO as well as the technicians of the two mining and metallurgical subsidiaries, NMC and SNNC. The schedule of this Committee was emphasized on the various stages of the production chain, beginning with the extraction of ore, its processing (sorting, haulage,...
Bureau Veritas Certification France has awarded to the central laboratory, certification according to ISO 9001 2008. This certification was issued following an audit and has been approved by the certification committee of this organization. Bureau Veritas Certification is the world’s leading certification. The activity covered by this certification is “preparating and analysis of nickel ore...
Considering the project’s magnitude and thanks to the guarantee of the Northern Province, the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement – AFD) is actively engaged in the construction of the Northern Plant by participating to its financing. A loan amounting to 170 million euros, that is to say more than 20 billion XPF, was...
On 19th September, SNNC signed a MOU (Memorandum Of Understanding) for the capacity expansion project with the Governor of the Jeollanam-do Province, the Lord Mayor of the Gwangyang-city and with the Gwangyang Bay Area Free Economic Zone Commissioner With this MOU, SNNC will increase its annual nickel production capacity from 30,000 tons to 54,000 tons...
“European steel manufacturers must react, warns Moll who suggests three solutions. By 2015, they could proceed with a consolidation, reducing their capacity from 8.3 to 5.7 Mt. This would allow to their production capacity to exceed 80%. Another way is to invest in upstream, which could reduce the price volatility of alloys. Posco, the Korean...
The assembly of the Northern Province voted the resolution granting a partial guarantee to SMSP for the new loan to finance its participation in the Northern Plant construction. For the Northern Province, the success of the SMSP in the Northern Plant project is the insurance to pursue, by rising dividends, its development policy in favor...
SMSP / POSCO partnership decides to proceed to the expansion of its ferronickels production capacity. The SNNC Plant, with a nominal capacity of 30,000 tons of nickel metal contained in ferronickels, will increase its capacity of 24,000 additional tons, that is to say a total capacity of 54,000 tons. A second line, comprising a new...
The presidential visit to Vavouto tended to reaffirm the principle of respect for equal opportunities, the French State on-going support to the project and the need for the stability of the joint venture capital investment, in charge of the construction of the Northern Plant. The Païta speech was rather an assessment, measuring the path performed...
Jean-Louis Jiako Technician Geologist at Kouaoua, Judicaël Wamo, Storekeeper at Poya and Sylvio N’Gaiohny, Assistant mining designer at the Noumea Technical Division lately seconded to KNS will leave New Caledonia in the next few days for training under “Cadre Avenir” Training Scheme. Employees’ applications were selected within the “Cadre Avenir” scheme’s internal selection process, after...
