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Mirabela reduces staff numbers

3rd November 2015

By: Esmarie Iannucci

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor: Australasia

  

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PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Embattled nickel miner Mirabela Nickel has cut nearly 34% of its staff numbers as the nickel price remains low.

The company dismissed some 220 employees and a further 180 contractors at its Santa Rita mine, in Brazil, as part of a decision to decrease production from the mine to reduce operating costs.

The lower production model was implemented in late October and would see a 33% reduction in yearly nickel concentrate output at Santa Rita, which Mirabela was hoping would allow the operation to reach a break-even cash position over the next 15 months.

Yearly production would reduce from 18 000 t to 12 000 t.

For the full 2015, Mirabela was expected to deliver between 14 500 t and 16 000 t of nickel in concentrate.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

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