Smelter shutdown to cut Vale nickel production 5%

Mineweb | February 18, 2011 | 6:08 pm Canada Latin America

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The Brazilian miner said on Friday it will lose 5% of its total nickel production for 2011 as a result of a 16-week shut down of a smelter furnace in Canada Brazilian miner Vale said on Friday it will lose around 5 percent of its total 2011 nickel

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