Cuba Shuts down Nickel Industry on Hurricane Irma

Published: Sep 11, 2017 10:11

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Cuba begun to shut down its nickel industry as Hurricane Irma approached, state-run television said on Thursday.

SHANGHAI, Sept. 11 (SMM) – Cuba begun to shut down its nickel industry as Hurricane Irma approached, state-run television said on Thursday.

Cuba plans to produce 54,500 tonnes of nickel and cobalt sulfides in 2017.

Cuba, supplying 2 per cent of world’s nickel, is not major nickel producing country, so the suspension will not affect nickel market much, SMM foresees.

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