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Cases / Mining · New Caledonia · 2025

SLN nickel producer stays afloat with state support after Eramet exit

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Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 3 none on record · 1 not measured See the gaps

After Eramet withdrew, SLN stayed in operation with 12 billion CFP francs of state support, Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes reported. The sources reviewed do not set out the environmental stake.

What?
SLN stayed in operation with 12 billion CFP francs of state support after Eramet withdrew, Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes reported. Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes
Where?
New Caledonia Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes
When?
2025 Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes
Who?
Gained
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
The article's headline attributes SLN's continued operation to continued state support. Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes
How?
Direct state support, per the article; the sources reviewed do not describe its terms. Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes
6 of 6 questions answered from the record

What happened

The record, in order.

Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes reported that SLN stayed in operation after Eramet withdrew, with 12 billion CFP francs of state support.

The same article gave 2025 output of 36,000 tonnes against capacity of about 60,000 tonnes.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • None on record The sources reviewed do not say what conditions the state support carries.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not describe the environmental effects of SLN's operations.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not give the terms of Eramet's withdrawal.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

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