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Sumitomo Metal Mining exits Solomon Islands nickel exploration project

Published 08/08/2017, 04:34 pm
Updated 08/08/2017, 04:40 pm
© Reuters.  Sumitomo Metal Mining exits Solomon Islands nickel exploration project
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TOKYO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Japan's Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd. 5713.T said on Tuesday it will withdraw from a nickel exploration project in the Solomon Islands due to slumping nickel prices, harsh business circumstances and the outcome of legal proceedings.

Sumitomo Metal Mining, which began exploring in the Solomons in 2005, has been caught up in a 6-year legal battle with Australia's Axiom Mining AVQ.AX , which ended this year with neither company being granted the rights over a nickel deposit in Isabel province, it said.

"As a result of our comprehensive review of business circumstances, the final judgement in the legal proceedings and other factors, we have concluded that it is difficult for us to implement the project," Sumitomo said in a statement.

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