Cuba unrefined nickel output update

Cuba’s unrefined nickel plus cobalt production weighed in at 70,100 tonnes last year is reported to be down slightly from the 70,400 tonnes reported in 2008.

The news release is quoted as saying:

The year’s plan was around 70,000 tonnes and due to hurricane damage the state-run Ernesto Che Guevara plant, with a capacity of 32,000 tonnes, would produce around 26,000 tonnes. Scattered reports this year indicated the state-run Rene Ramos Latourt plant, the oldest with a capacity of 10,000 tonnes to 15,000 tonnes, was operating below capacity at various times.

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