Overview
Stage | Production |
Mine Type | Open Pit |
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Production Start | ... |
Mine Life | 2047 |
Société Le Nickel-SLN operates five mines and one ferronickel producing metallurgical plant.
SLN produces high-grade ferronickel at the Doniambo plant and exports nickel ore.
As of April 25, 2024, in New Caledonia, SLN continues to face major challenges and its financial situation remains critical. Operations at the Poum site have been suspended since August 2023. Production at the Nepoui site was declined by nearly 40% over the period (Q1 2023). In addition, the mining activities it operates in the Northen Province have been suspended since mid-April 2024. The administrative process for resumption is underway. |
Latest News | Eramet: Adjusted turnover of €761m in Q1 2024 April 25, 2024 |
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Company | Interest | Ownership |
Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
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10 %
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Indirect
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Provincial government of New Caledonia
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34 %
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Indirect
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Eramet Group
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56 %
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Indirect
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Société Le Nickel – SLN
(operator)
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100 %
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Direct
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Ownership is split between the French minerals group Eramet (56%), the holding company Société Territoriale Calédonienne de Participation Industrielle (entity held by the provinces of New Caledonia) (STCPI) jointly owned by New Caledonia’s three provinces (34%), and Nisshin Steel (10%).
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Summary:
Société Le Nickel-SLN is mining oxidised nickel deposits formed by the weathering of ultrabasic rocks.
Summary:
Société Le Nickel-SLN’s, saprolite and laterite deposits are mined in open pits.
Ore transportation
Mining production is partly shipped to the Doniambo plant and partly to external customers outside New Caledonia. Trucks are used for the first stage of ore transportation from the storage areas to the port or, as in Kouaoua, by a conveyor a conveyor that is several kilometres long.
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Reserves at January 1, 2023:
Ore reserves: the cut-off grades applied are as follows: 1.3% Ni for limonites and between 1.3% Ni and 1.6% Ni for saprolites depending on the deposit under consideration.
Mineral resources: the cut-off grades applied are as follows: 1.3% Ni for limonites and between 1.3% Ni and 1.6% Ni for saprolites depending on the deposit under consideration.
Mineral Resources are reported inclusive of Mineral Reserves.
Category | OreType | Tonnage | Commodity | Grade | Contained Metal |
Proven
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Limonite
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15.3 M dmt
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Nickel
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1.46 %
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223 kt
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Proven
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Saprolite
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45.5 M dmt
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Nickel
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2.12 %
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965 kt
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Probable
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Limonite
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20.6 M dmt
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Nickel
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1.49 %
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307 kt
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Probable
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Saprolite
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103.2 M dmt
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Nickel
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2.08 %
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2,145 kt
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Proven & Probable
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Limonite
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35.9 M dmt
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Nickel
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1.47 %
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530 kt
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Proven & Probable
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Saprolite
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148.7 M dmt
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Nickel
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2.09 %
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3,109 kt
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Proven & Probable
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Total
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184.7 M dmt
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Nickel
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1.97 %
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3,639 kt
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Measured
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Limonite
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28.5 M dmt
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Nickel
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1.45 %
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415 kt
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Measured
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Saprolite
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118.6 M dmt
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Nickel
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2.11 %
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2,501 kt
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Indicated
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Limonite
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30.3 M dmt
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Nickel
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1.46 %
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441 kt
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Indicated
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Saprolite
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173.1 M dmt
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Nickel
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2.03 %
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3,514 kt
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Inferred
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Limonite
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148.6 M dmt
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Nickel
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1.4 %
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2,086 kt
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Inferred
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Saprolite
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583.8 M dmt
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Nickel
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1.89 %
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11,030 kt
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Total Resource
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Limonite
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207.4 M dmt
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Nickel
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1.42 %
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2,942 kt
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Total Resource
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Saprolite
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875.5 M dmt
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Nickel
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1.95 %
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17,046 kt
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Total Resource
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Total
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1,083 M dmt
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Nickel
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1.85 %
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19,988 kt
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Staff:
Employees | Total Workforce | Year |
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2022
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2021
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