Inco scraps plan to ship Voisey's Bay nickel via Manitoulin Island.A plan to ship Voisey's Bay nickel nickel, metallic chemical element; symbol Ni; at. no. 28; at. wt. 58.69; m.p. about 1,453°C;; b.p. about 2,732°C;; sp. gr. 8.902 at 25°C;; valence 0, +1, +2, +3, or +4. concentrate to Sudbury via Manitoulin Island Manitoulin Island is a Canadian island in Lake Huron, the world's largest freshwater lake island. Geography and geology With an area of 2,766 km² (1,068 square miles), it is the 174th largest island in the world, and Canada's 31st largest island. has been scrapped by Inco. The controversial proposal by Alexander Centre Industries Ltd., operators of a salt and sand receiving facility at Fisher Harbour on LaCloche Island, is no longer on the nickel producer's short-list short-list tr.v. short-list·ed, short-list·ing, short-lists To include (a candidate for a job, for example) on a shortlist. . "We've been in the process of reviewing all the bids, some we've short-listed and others have dropped out of the process, and that's one of the ones we dropped out," says Inco spokesman Cory McPhee. "We haven't made our final decision on how we're going to ship nickel concentrate up to Sudbury but it's likely going to involve rail and it's a decision we're looking to make by June at the latest." McPhee says a contract is already in place to ship nickel over a six-year period from Voisey's Bay to a St. Lawrence Seaway Noun 1. St. Lawrence Seaway - a seaway involving the Saint Lawrence River and the Great Lakes that was developed jointly by Canada and the United States; oceangoing ships can travel as far west as Lake Superior Saint Lawrence Seaway port and rail it to smelters in Sudbury and Thompson, Man. |
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