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Protests erupt in New Caledonia over proposed sale of major nickel mine – The Guardian
Deal to sell Goro nickel mine to a consortium including controversial commodities trader Trafigura reignites tensions over independence
Tensions over the future of New Caledonias Vale nickel plant have erupted into violent protests on the streets of Noumea, with cars torched, shops vandalised and police and protestors injured in clashes.
Police fired teargas at protestors and arrested 12 people on Tuesday. Later in the week demonstrators were filmed carrying weapons behind torched roadblocks.
Debate over the sale of the mine – one New Caledonias largest – has become tightly bound up in the territorys independence debate, since Brazilian…
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