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| TABLE 13 | |||||||||||||
| NICKEL:� NEW LATERITE PROJECTS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION, BY YEAR, BEFORE 2020 | |||||||||||||
| (Metric tons unless otherwise specified) | |||||||||||||
| Projected | Resource | Estimated | Annual production | ||||||||||
| year of first | Country and | grade | resources | capacity | |||||||||
| production | state/province | Project and company1 | (% Ni) | (thousands)2 | (contained Ni) | Nickel product | |||||||
| 2005 | Philippines | Adlay-Cagdianao-Tandawa | 1.61 | 5,800 | 5,000 | Ore. | |||||||
| (Surigao del Norte) | BHP Billiton Group and Case Mining and | 1.58 | 13,000 | ||||||||||
| Development Corp. | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | Philippines | Rio Tuba | 1.26 | 16,000 | 10,000 | Ni-Co sulfide. | |||||||
| (Palawan) | Coral Bay Nickel Corp. (Sumitomo consortium) | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | Do. | Berong | 2.30 | 4,200 | 17,000 | Ore. | |||||||
| Do. | Toledo Mining Corp. PLC, Atlas Consolida | 1.30 | 270,000 | ||||||||||
| Mining and Development Corp., Investika Ltd. | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | Turkey | Caldag | 1.32 | 23,000 | 21,000 | Leachate precipitate. | |||||||
| (Manisa) | European Nickel PLC and BHP Billiton Gro | 1.26 | 17,600 | ||||||||||
| 1.32 | 7,100 | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | Australia | Ravensthorpe | 0.75 | 118,000 | 50,000 | Ni-Co hydroxide. | |||||||
| (Western Australia) | BHP Billiton Group | 0.60 | 120,000 | ||||||||||
| 2008 | New Caledonia | Goro | 1.34 | 96,000 | 60,000 | Ni oxide. | |||||||
| (Southern) | Goro Nickel S.A. | 2.01 | 24,000 | ||||||||||
| CVRD Inco Limited, Soci�t� de Participatio | 1.70 | 83,000 | |||||||||||
| Mini�re du Sud Cal�donien S.A.S., Sumitomo | |||||||||||||
| consortium | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | Australia | Jump-up Dam | 1.07 | 19,000 | 5,000 | Leachate precipitate. | |||||||
| (Western Australia) | Heron Resources Ltd. | 0.82 | 22,000 | ||||||||||
| 2009 | Brazil | Onca-Puma | 1.86 | 78,000 | 57,000 | Ferronickel. | |||||||
| (Para) | Minera��o On�a Puma | 1.25 | 91,000 | ||||||||||
| Companhia Vale do Rio Doce | |||||||||||||
| 2010 | Brazil | Barro Alto | 1.85 | 23,000 | 36,000 | Do. | |||||||
| (Goias) | Anglo American plc | 1.79 | 7,000 | ||||||||||
| 2010 | Brazil | Vermelho | 0.80 | 290,000 | 46,000 | Metal or oxide. | |||||||
| (Para) | Companhia Vale do Rio Doce | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | Guatemala | Fenix saprolite (pyrometallurgical process) | 1.81 | 8,700 | 22,700 | Ferronickel. | |||||||
| (Izabal) | Skye Resources Inc. and CVRD Inco Ltd. | 1.58 | 33,000 | ||||||||||
| 2011 | Australia | Marlborough/Gladstone | 0.94 | 49,000 | 60,000 | Metal. | |||||||
| (Queensland) | Gladstone Pacific Nickel Ltd. | 0.93 | 6,000 | ||||||||||
| 2011 | Cuba | Pinares de Mayari West | 1.10 | 400,000 | 40,000 | Metal, oxide, or | |||||||
| (Holguin) | Government of Cuba | ferronickel. | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Kazakhstan | Shevchenko | 0.85 | 21,000 | 15,700 | Ferronickel. | |||||||
| (Kostanai Oblast) | Oriel Resources plc | 0.77 | 83,000 | ||||||||||
| 2011 | New Caledonia | Koniambo | 2.40 | 63,000 | 60,000 | Do. | |||||||
| (Northern) | Xstrata Nickel and Soc. Miniere du Sud | 2.47 | 13,000 | ||||||||||
| Pacifique S.A. | 1.60 | 100,000 | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Papua New Guinea | Ramu� | 0.91 | 76,000 | 33,000 | Ni-Co intermediate. | |||||||
| (Madang) | China Metallurgical Construction (Group) C | 1.01 | 67,000 | ||||||||||
| Highlands Pacific Ltd., and Mineral Resources | |||||||||||||
| Development Co. | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | Australia | Young | 0.99 | 58,000 | 4,500 | Leachate precipitate, | |||||||
| (New South Wales) | Jervois Resources Ltd. | 0.72 | 110,000 | initially. | |||||||||
| 0.38 | 110,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | Cuba | Las Camariocas | 1.32 | 110,000 | 22,500 | Metal, oxide, or | |||||||
| (Holguin) | Government of Cuba and others3 | ferronickel. | |||||||||||
| 2012 | Guatemala | Fenix limonite (hydrometallurgical process) | 1.18 | 33,000 | 22,200 | Ni-Co hydroxide. | |||||||
| (Izabal) | Skye Resources Inc. and CVRD Inco Ltd. | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | Indonesia | Weda Bay (Santa Monica, Pintu, Boki Mok | 1.45 | 154,000 | 48,000 | Ni-Co sulfide. | |||||||
| (Halmahera Island) | deposits) | 1.53 | 123,000 | ||||||||||
| Weda Bay Minerals Inc. (Eramet Group) and | |||||||||||||
| PT Aneka Tambang | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | Madagascar | Ambatovy (Ambatovy and Analamay depos | 1.12 | 44,000 | 60,000 | Ni-Co intermediate. | |||||||
| Dynatec Corp., Sumitomo Corp., South Kor | 0.99 | 81,000 | |||||||||||
| Consortium | |||||||||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||||
| TABLE 13�Continued | |||||||||||||
| NICKEL:� NEW LATERITE PROJECTS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION, BY YEAR, BEFORE 2020 | |||||||||||||
| (Metric tons unless otherwise specified) | |||||||||||||
| Projected | Resource | Estimated | Annual production | ||||||||||
| year of first | Country and | grade | resources | capacity | |||||||||
| production | state/province | Project and company1 | (% Ni) | (thousands)2 | (contained Ni) | Nickel product | |||||||
| 2013 | Australia | Mount Margaret | 0.78 | 170,000 | 45,000 | Ni-Co hydroxide. | |||||||
| (Western Australia) | Minara Resources Ltd. | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | Guatemala | Sechol (El Inicio, El Segundo, Rio Negro, P | 1.40 | 37,000 | 4 | NA | Ni-Co intermediate. | ||||||
| Azul deposits) | 1.50 | 100,000 | |||||||||||
| Jaguar Nickel S.A. (BHP Billiton Ltd.) | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | Philippines | Sablayan (Kisluyan, Buraboy, Shabo areas) | 0.94 | 73,000 | 60,000 | Ni-Co sulfide. | |||||||
| (Mindoro Island) | Crew Minerals ASA | 0.95 | 47,000 | ||||||||||
| 0.88 | 88,000 | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | Australia | Syerston | 0.73 | 77,000 | 18,000 | Ni-Co sulfide | |||||||
| (New South Wales) | Ivanhoe Nickel and Platinum Ltd. | concentrate. | |||||||||||
| 2014 | Australia | Kalgoorlie and North Kalgoorlie�Ghost Ro | 1.20 | 100,000 | 50,000 | Ni-Co hydroxide. | |||||||
| (Western Australia) | Goongarrie, Kalpini | 0.83 | 225,000 | ||||||||||
| Heron Resources Ltd. and Inco Limited | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | Cuba | San Felipe | 1.30 | 250,000 | 45,000 | Metal or oxide. | |||||||
| (Camaguey) | Government of Cuba and others | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | New Caledonia | Prony | 1.50 | NA | 4 | NA | 4 | Ni oxide. | |||||
| (Southern) | CVRD Inco Limited, Bureau de Recherches� | ||||||||||||
| Geologiques et Minieres, Sumitomo consortium | |||||||||||||
| 2016 | Papua New Guinea | WoWo Gap | 1.09 | 31,000 | 45,000 | Metal. | |||||||
| (Oro) | Resource Mining Corp. Ltd. | 1.44 | 18,000 | ||||||||||
| 2017 | New Caledonia | Nakety-Bogota | 1.47 | 88,000 | 52,000 | Ni-Co intermediate. | |||||||
| (Northern) | Argosy Minerals, Inc. and Soc. des Mines de | 1.50 | 140,000 | ||||||||||
| la Tontouta | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | Dominican Republic | Cerro de Maimon (Cumpie Hill and Loma | 1.70 | NA | NA | NA | |||||||
| (Las Jarditas) | Rio Tinto plc | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Indonesia | La Sampala | 1.50 | 195,000 | 46,000 | NA | |||||||
| (Sulawest) | Rio Tinto plc | 1.30 | 185,000 | ||||||||||
| 2020 | C�te d'Ivoire | Biankouma, Touba, Sipilou | 1.57 | 120,000 | 45,000 | Ni-Co intermediate | |||||||
| Xstrata Nickel and Soc. d'Etat pour le | 1.40 | 140,000 | or ferronickel. | ||||||||||
| Developpement Minier | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | Indonesia | Gag Island | 1.35 | 240,000 | 30,000 | Intermediate, metal, | |||||||
| (Maluku) | BHP Billiton Group and PT Aneka Tambang | or ferronickel. | |||||||||||
| NA Not available. | |||||||||||||
| 1Company names reflect organizational structure as of February 26, 2007.� BHP Billiton Group is a dual listed company comprising of BHP Billiton Limited and� | |||||||||||||
| BHP Billiton Plc. | |||||||||||||
| 2Gross weight, dry.� "Estimated resources" are rounded to no more than two significant digits.� When two or more data sets are listed, the first resource data | |||||||||||||
| represent measured resources; the second, indicated resources; and the third, inferred resources. | |||||||||||||
| 3China Minmetals Corporation and the Government of Venezuela have both expressed an interest in investing in this long-stalled project. | |||||||||||||
| 4New resource estimate in progress. | |||||||||||||
| Sources:� Company annual reports, presentations, and press releases; CRU International, Ltd. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program