3 June
Nickel explorer and miner Atlantic Nickel has announced that its Santa Rita mine in Brazil remains fully operational with some limited disruptions to the supply chain as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. By the end of the first quarter, the mine completed its second and third shipments ahead of schedule, with the first shipment carried out in January this year. So far, the company has produced more than 30,000 dry metric tonnes (dmt) of nickel concentrate.
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