$26.5m restart of Zim nickel smelter under way

Plans are under way to restart a nickel smelter at the Zimbabwe-based Trojan nickel mine, owned by mining company Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC), a subsidiary of Pan-African multicommodity resources company Mwana Africa.

The company announced in June that an independent study of an accelerated restart plan for the nickel smelter, of which Mwana owns 76.3%, had been completed.

Mwana Africa CEO Kalaa Mpinga says the overall capital cost to execute the restart of the nickel smelter, which is based in Bindura, Mashonaland Central province, is estimated to be $26.5-million.

Read more at: http://www.miningweekly.com/article/265m-restart-of-zim-nickel-smelter-under-way-2014-08-15

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