Nickel news currently is very dense and the SMSP Group is following with interest the discussions on the mining strategy in New Caledonia. It is clear that bad faith and politicising have our institutions agonizing and preventing them from taking decisions in the interest of the Country only. We have witnessed this again recently, during...
In 2020, the Kouergoa 28 November Association and SMSP and subsidiaries: KNS, NMC, Cotransmine and SNNC, brought together into the Widjè Committee, born from this occasion, marked 20 years of commemoration since the tragic helicopter crash of 28 November 2000. If to be reminded, 7 persons lost their lives in this accident including 6 members...
The United Nations’ Orange the World global campaign In 2021, SMSP committed itself, for the first time at the group level, and through its 4 subsidiaries, to the United Nations global campaign “Orange the World”. An international campaign carried out for 30 years, during 16 days, in a drive to end violence against women and...
On October 6th, Mrs. Evelyne GORO-ATU, Mayor of POYA, officially inaugurated a new bus shelter attended by SMSP’s CEO, Karl THERBY, NMC’s President, Isabelle WABETE, and SNNC’s Head of Management Support, DOO Jin-Hong, who had traveled especially for the occasion. Offered by our subsidiary in Korea, this bus shelter is the first one of the...
The SMSP Group was saddened to learn of the death of Mr. Louis Kotra UREGEI, founder of USTKE Trade Union in 1981. Its Chief Executive Officer, Karl THERBY, presents, on behalf of the Board Directors, SMSP staff and its subsidiaries, his sincere condolences to his family, his clan, his tribe and his relatives, as well...
“A roller coaster” is how Tatiana SAINT-POL, HS Technician from NMC POYA, described the preparation until the very last minutes of this third edition of the SMSP Trail 2022 in the municipality of Poya at Nekliaï tribe. Organizing such an event is always a challenge. Align all the players, define a program, ensure the proper...
On Friday, July 22nd, 2022, the Kouaoua City Council held the second edition of its Environment Day event with several partners including the CIE (Center for Environmental Initiation), EnviroNord Association, the Ho-Üt Association, the Kidam Association but also the mining operators of the area. Thus, NMC, Cotransmine and Koniambo nickel gathered to join the event...
For the third consecutive year, the SMSP group is organizing its Trail, which will take place this year in the Municipality of Poya, Tribe of Nekliai-Mwéü on August 6! As in previous years, this edition of the Trail SMSP of Poya 2022 will offer 3 trail tracks: 2 tracks of 10 and 30 km in...
