Deep-sea mining

By Shayal Devi SUVA (FIJI TIMES) — For scores of indigenous Pacific communities, the ocean remains a mysterious, vital heartbeat that sustains life on the planet. It’s a relationship that has been forged over centuries of reverence and respect for...

Indigenous voices highlight decolonisation concerns in New Caledonia

Kanaks and Maōri see many parallels between their peoples. Kanaks and Māori as colonised peoples - breaches of the Nouméa Accord and Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the spiritual connection to land and desire to protect lands exploited for resources, the...

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FEATURE – Deep-sea mining — Its impact in the Pacific

FOR scores of indigenous Pacific communities, the ocean remains a mysterious, vital heartbeat that sustains life on the planet. It’s a relationship that has been forged over centuries of reverence and respect for the ocean and the many mysteries...

New Caledonia: Two Dreams, One Political Future

NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA — Noumea’s international airport as deserted on my arrival in early July. It was the calm after the storm. In mid-May, unrest had erupted across the islands of New Caledonia. Pro-independence activists had protested in rage...

Sibanye considers sourcing nickel for French plant from New Caledonia's Prony

JOHANNESBURG/PARIS - Sibanye-Stillwater said it is studying New Caledonia's Prony Resources as a potential source for nickel it needs to manufacture battery-grade material at its Sandouville plant in France. The Johannesburg-based precious metals...

London Stock Exchange could lose biggest company yet as £40bn mining giant considers US move

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Australia Obstructed Probe Into Deadly ‘Rainbow Warrior’ Bombing

Forty years later, David Robie, the only journalist on board the Greenpeace ship in the weeks leading up to its bombing on July 10, 1985, looks back on this act of French state terrorism in a New Zealand port. The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior...

Vanuatu PM calls for Climate Justice, backs New Caledonia and West Papua self-determination at UNGA

Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas delivered a hard-hitting address to the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York Friday, slamming global inaction on climate change, international financial reform, and decolonisation. In...

Paris shifts gears on New Caledonia, after months of conflict

The Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) leaders are worried about China’s recent missile test after a dummy warhead landed in the Pacific Ocean last week. The launch was part of routine training by the People’s Liberation Army’s Rocket...

More than two tonnes of cocaine worth $800m bound for Australia seized

A New Caledonia-based French Navy operation has discovered an enormous amount of cocaine onboard a vessel bound for Australia, with approximately 2.5 tonnes of the drug, worth about $800 million, seized. New Zealand broadcaster RNZ has reported...

South African company Sibaneye-Stillwater eyes New Caledonia nickel mining plant

Nickel Prony Ressources mining site in New Caledonia. Photo: Supplied A South African company is reported to be the most probable bidder for shares in New Caledonia's Prony Resources. As part of an already advanced takeover of the ailing southern...

Concern at further unrest in New Caledonia

SA company Sibaneye-Stillwater eyes New Caledonia nickel mining plant

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A South African company is reported to be the most probable bidder for shares in New Caledonia’s Prony Resources. As part of an already advanced takeover of the ailing southern...

Japan risks its reputation in Oceania with Fukushima discharge

A rollcall of Pacific Island nations have very different views on the release of treated radioactive wastewater. By Derek Grossman Japan’s decision last month to begin discharging treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean from its...

Pacific Tourism Organisation and New Caledonia Unite to Host Key Regional Tourism Meetings in November

During the recent 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Tonga, Pacific Tourism Organisation Chief Executive Officer Christopher Cocker and met briefly with His Excellency President Louis Mapou of New Caledonia. “The focus was on the...

Unrest-hit New Caledonia airlines in search of new markets

Domestic airline Air Calédonie’s ATR 72-600 to fly bi-weekly to Port Vila in October 2024. Photo: Air Calédonie New Caledonia's domestic carrier Air Calédonie is set to launch a bi-weekly international connection to neighbouring Vanuatu. The new...

After the closure of the furnace, KNS, a new Caledonian nickel company, is looking for a new investor.

KNS reported on Tuesday that talks with potential buyers of Glencore's Koniambo Nickel SAS stake are continuing, after the New Caledonian Nickel producer shut down their furnaces at the weekend. KNS, a part of the struggling New Caledonian Nickel...

Shutdown of ‘symbolic’ nickel plant compounds New Caledonia’s economic woes

For the past 13 years, engineer Didier Bule has maintained the machinery at the heart of New Caledonia’s Koniambo nickel plant, a symbol of economic empowerment for the French territory’s indigenous Kanak population. But last weekend, the...

France injects 130 million euros to keep New Caledonia's economy afloat

Deconstruction of burnt down and damaged buildings in Nouméa. Photo: RRB The French government is injecting a new financial aid package into New Caledonia's economy, for a total of some €130 million. The main focus of the package is said to come...