Anglo American Releases Brazilian Nickel Production Numbers

Mineweb reported that Anglo American plc (LSE:AAL) anticipates that it will produce 20,000 to 25,000 tonnes of nickel in Brazil this year.

As quoted in the market news:

The company expects its Barro Alto nickel project to have a capacity of 36,000 tonnes a year of nickel by mid 2016, the executive, Walter De Simoni, told reporters at a mining conference.

Anglo American plans to reconstruct its furnaces at Barro Alto, which are part of its ferro-nickel production process, in 2014 and 2015, De Simoni said.

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