20 Dec 2008

New Caledonia's Goro Nickel company has new name

10:40 am on 20 December 2008

New Caledonia's Goro Nickel company has changed its name.

The company is now to be known as Vale Inco.

Vale is the Brazilian mining giant which bought Inco of Canada that had launched the nickel project in the south.

Its plant is scheduled to start operations early next year.