First Fiji copper
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by end of year
THE first commercial copper mine to be opened in Fiji will prob ably be exporting ore soon.
It is an open-cut mine started by a Japanese consortium, which expects to ship 2,500 tons of ore a month to Japan by the end of the year.
The partners in the venture, Banno Mining Company, Dowa Mining Company and Daiwa Bank, spent about £15,000 on preliminary investi gations before deciding to mine at Nukudamu. near the northernmost point of Vanua Levu.