Qualla: Ramu Nickel Mine https://qualla.com/ramu-nickel-mine en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:28 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Ramu Nickel Mine https://qualla.com/ramu-nickel-mine Ramu Nickel Mine: Introduction https://qualla.com/ramu-nickel-mine/ The battery in an electric car contains nickel. Much of that nickel, at some point in its supply chain, passes through refineries that trace their feedstock to mines like the one above Basamuk Bay. The Ramu Nickel Mine in Papua New Guinea's Madang Province is one of the largest sources of nickel and cobalt in the Asia-Pacific, and the ore it pulls from the ground - laterite, a weathered tropical soil the color of rust - helps power the electrification of transport in places that will never see this coast. The mine has been running since 2012. Madang's governor has called it the worst environmental disaster in Papua New Guinea history. Both statements are true.

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/n/z/x/ramu-nickel-mine-wp/rnzx-ramu-nickel-mine-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Ramu Nickel Mine: The Resource https://qualla.com/ramu-nickel-mine/ Ramu sits on a laterite nickel-cobalt deposit, which is to say a bed of deeply weathered rock where millions of years of tropical rain have leached out lighter minerals and concentrated the heavier metals in place. The ore is found in the saprolite - the softer, partly decomposed...

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/n/z/x/ramu-nickel-mine-wp/rnzx-ramu-nickel-mine-the-resource.mp3 0:06 2 full Ramu Nickel Mine: The Owners https://qualla.com/ramu-nickel-mine/ The mine is operated by MCC Ramu NiCo Ltd., a subsidiary of the Metallurgical Corporation of China - a state-owned Chinese enterprise that is one of the most active foreign investors in Papua New Guinean mining. MCC holds 67.02% of the operation. A minority stake of 8.56% belongs...

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/n/z/x/ramu-nickel-mine-wp/rnzx-ramu-nickel-mine-the-waste-pipeline.mp3 0:06 4 full Ramu Nickel Mine: The Larger Question https://qualla.com/ramu-nickel-mine/ Every mine is a negotiation between extraction and consequence. At Ramu, the consequences have fallen hardest on the coastal villages that fish the waters where the tailings are placed. The fishermen of Basamuk Bay never voted for a battery revolution. The highlanders living near...

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