December 11, 2020
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The clash on 7 December follow a month of roadblocks and demonstrations across the French Pacific dependency of New Caledonia. The immediate dispute was over which consortium could bid for the Goro nickel smelter and the other assets of Vale Nouvelle-Calédonie. But the battle over Vale’s assets hides a deeper struggle, Can the local people control New Caledonia’s extensive natural resources, including nearly a quarter of the world’s reserves of nickel...
