The Nikkei business daily reported that Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Mining Co plans to spend about JPY 200 billion (USD 1.9 billion) to develop a nickel mine in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific.
 
 The Nikkei said that the firm plans to build a refinery in the island nation and start processing nickel ore into nickel metal with 55 % purity around 2013, to be shipped to its plant in Japan for further processing.

It is reported that import price of Mn ore at Chinese ports is under
 

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