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In New Caledonia, China and France fight over nickel EJINSIGHT - ejinsight.com

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New Caledonia is a territory of 18,600 square kilometres, annexed by France in 1853. It has 7.1 million tonnes of nickel reserves, about 10 per cent of the world's reserves of the metal, ranking fourth in the world, after Indonesia, Philippines and Russia. The island has an exclusive maritime zone of 1.5 million square kilometres rich in fishing resources.

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In New Caledonia, China and France fight over nickel EJINSIGHT - ejinsight.com

In December, the people of New Caledonia in the South Pacific voted in a third referendum not to become an independent state but remain part of France. The news was greeted with jubilation in Paris –

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