The French government plans to offer fresh subsidies and loans for a New Caledonia nickel plant co-owned by commodities group Glencore but won’t go any further than that, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday
The French-controlled Pacific territory has some of the world’s largest nickel reserves, but high costs have left its three processing plants on the verge of collapse
Le Maire has previously estimated the short-term financing needs of the three nickel processing groups – SLN, KNS and Prony Resources – at 1
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