Friday, 6th March 2015, Mr. Paul Néaoutyine, President of the Northern Province and Mr. Oh Joon Kwon, POSCO CEO, along with Mr. André Dang Van Nha, SMSP CEO and key NC Officials, proceeded to the Official opening ceremony of SNNC Pyrometallurgical Plant’s Second Production Line, located at Gwangyang industrial site. More than fifty members including...
François Hollande, The President of the French Republic visited the Northern Plant on Monday November 17, 2014, joined by George Pau-Langevin, Minister of Overseas, Paul Néaoutyine, President of the Northern Province, Ivan Glasenberg, Chief Executive Officer, Glencore, André Dang Van Nha, President, SMSP, Peter Hancock, President, Koniambo Nickel and Vincent Bouvier, High Commissioner of the...
Koniambo Nickel launched a major recruitment campaign to fill the technical positions needed for the operational phase of its pyrometallurgical plant. 150 posts are published in different sectors: mechanical workshop, mechanical fixed installations, mechanical mobile machinery, industrial electricity and power supply, mine and plant operations, engineering / industrial design, building maintenance, geology and mineral processing,...
KNS has successfully processed this day Saturday, February 8, 2014 at 5:30 pm the first nickel tapping of the second production line of its metallurgical plant. With five days ahead of the schedule set, this milestone crowns the commissioning phase of the second production line. All facilities of the metallurgical plant have now successfully passed...
The construction of the second production line of the Northern Plant is now achieved. This implies the demobilization of the staff and equipment affected to the construction and launches the commissioning phase. The demobilization will continue throughout 2014 to end up in December 2014 with the last step, the closed down of the camp.
Under a self-referral to the Economic and Social Council, SMSP was heard by members of the Mining, Metallurgical & Energy Committee and that of Economic Development, Taxation & Budget. Given the unfavorable economic situation of the nickel industry, the discussions within the “Signatories Committee” on the country’ strategic industrial plan, and also the validation of...
The Prime Minister attended a nickel‘s casting performance at the Northern Plant on 27th July 2013. He was accompanied by an important delegation including Victorin Lurel, Minister of Overseas Territories, Fleur Pellerin, Deputy Minister of innovation and small & medium companies, Jean-Jacques Brot, High Comissionner of the French Republic in New Caledonia, Philippe Gomes Member...
The 5th New Caledonia Nickel Conference was held on July 1-3 2013 at Le Méridien Hotel in Nouméa. It was an event to analyze the market’s perspectives, at a time of critical challenges and high volatility of the markets. Key topics and questions currently affecting the nickel industry were explored at this conference. André DANG’s...
Following the validation of the technical feasibility study, the execution and financing plans, the partners SMSP and POSCO sign the agreement on the expansion of the ferronickel production unit. The production unit in Gwangyang, with an annual nominal capacity of 30,000 tons of nickel metal contained in ferronickel, will increase its capacity of 24,000 additional...
A special celebration of the Northern Plant’s first nickel tapping was convened on Friday, April 19, with the presence of the State and Government representatives, the Northern Province’s President as well as SMSP’s and Xstrata’s representatives. The program began with a guests’ welcome ceremony, performed by the Northern Plant’s President, Peter Hancock, before the participants...
