A union blockade of the Goro Nickel site in southern New Caledonia has forced the company to scale back operations and send workers home.
A statement by the company this afternoon says the management has decided to undertake a reduction of
The Kanak union USTKE has set up blockades at mines and government offices in a territory-wide general strike.
It also wants the French state-owned mining conglomerate Eramet to abandon its legal action to block a possible transfer of the Koniambo ore deposit in the north.
