Tuesday, February 5 at 3pm, the grinding/drying process of ore began with some tests, carried out on the ore preparation unit. These tests were performed with 20 tons of wet ore in order to check the overall equipment process including the crushing and drying mill, the separator, filters, the hot gas generator, the transport system...
The start heating of the electric furnace of the first production line, completed since November 2012, was carried out on January 29 at 1:25 am. “This is a major step for all of us. At the first place for our employees, but also for our partners as well as for all Caledonians. It is the...
The construction works of the Northern Plant’s first production line are now completed. Series of tests are underway to monitor the support services and experiment the operational infrastructure. The first melting furnace is expected to enter into production the next year, and consequently the first metal production line during January or February 2013. The second...
During this committee KNS has presented the general advancement of the project (including safety & environmental issues, rump up and work in progress of the construction, human resources and social initiatives) while the Cellule Koniambo unit has presented the current situation on the demobilisation of subcontractors working and an analysis on the real estate needs...
The Overseas Minister went to Koné on November 25, 2012 and visited the Northern Plant. He was accompanied by a delegation comprising the President of the Northern Province Paul Néaoutyine and the elected members, the High Commissioner Albert Dupuy, the Member of Parliement Sonia Lagarde, the Senate President Luc Wema, the Congress President Gérard Poadja,...
On Monday August 6th a ceremony was held inside Furnace #1 to commemorate the placement of the first refractory bricks. This event is of particular importance for technical reasons because it represents an irrevocable step onto the final path to First Ore. Koniambo Nickel SAS President Peter Hancock congratulated the work of personnel from Construction,...
The two partners have signed all the documentation for the loan amounting to 170 million euros – that is to say more than 20 billion XPF – granted by AFD to SMSP in 2011. With the signing of this documentation, SMSP can now mobilize fund from AFD and participate in the financing of the Northern...
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...
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...
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...
