Manila’s Berong seeks to double nickel supply to BHP
July 21st, 2008
Filed under: Mineral - Nickel, Operator - Berong Nickel, Operator - Toledo Mining
From: www.reuters.com
MANILA, July 18 (Reuters) - The Philippines’ Berong Nickel Corp is in talks to double its long-term annual supply deal with BHP Billiton to 1 million tonnes of laterite nickel ore beginning March, a company official said on Friday.
Berong Nickel, in which Toledo Mining and Atlas Consolidated Mining Corp have stakes, currently has an agreement to supply BHP Billiton, the world’s biggest mining group, with 500,000 tonnes of laterite nickel ore per year for five years, which can be extended by another five years.
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