Norilsk signs accord to build copper smelter in Indonesia

Sep 11, 2012 | 10:26 AM | Mark Burton

Tags  Norilsk Nickel, Indonesia, copper, smelter, nickel, raw materials export tax, PT Nusantara Smelting, Mark Burton

LONDON — MMC Norilsk Nickel has signed a letter of intent to build a 400,000-tonne-per-year copper smelting complex in Indonesia.

The declaration, struck with Indonesia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) business summit in Vladivostok, Russia, also sets out terms for the development of copper-nickel deposits....





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