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15/01/2025

🐳🐋 As few as 7% of male humpback whales in New Caledonia in the south-west Pacific may have fathered offspring, a study has found.

The Guardian

Reproduction is ‘very rare’ for a humpback male, study of South Pacific whales finds

11/01/2025

The French Pacific territory of New Caledonia has named French loyalist Alcide Ponga as its new head of government, as the archipelago attempts to recover from months of violent unrest that has left the economy in tatters.

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The French Pacific territory of New Caledonia has named French loyalist Alcide Ponga as its new head of government, as the archipelago attempts to recover from months of violent unrest that has left…

09/01/2025

Weeks after its first ever pro-independence government collapsed, New Caledonia has named a French loyalist as its new president as the territory seeks to rebuild from deadly riots and destruction that battered the economy.

Alcide Ponga, from the Le Rassemblement party, was elected president by the newly installed executive in Congress on Wednesday. Ponga’s party is affiliated with French right-wing party LR, Les Républicains. The loyalists are in favour of keeping New Caledonia within France.

“What I feel first and foremost is the weight of responsibility,” Ponga said on Wednesday.

“We all know the situation New Caledonia has been in for the past seven months. What Caledonians expect today is for us to be able to work together and give a signal of hope,” he said.

Ponga, 49, is Kanak and comes from Kouaoua, a mining village in the north of the archipelago. He made his career in the nickel industry before entering politics in 2014.

The Guardian Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie

New leader Alcide Ponga says people want a ‘signal of hope’ after turmoil in the French Pacific territory

08/01/2025

⛏️ Two potential buyers have made offers for Glencore’s 49% stake in Koniambo Nickel SAS (KNS), following site visits late last year. Operations at KNS, part of New Caledonia's struggling nickel sector, have been halted since March, with furnaces shut down in August after no timely offers emerged.
The proposals are now under review by KNS' shareholders, including SMSP, which holds the majority 51% stake. High operating costs and recent political unrest have hit the region's nickel producers hard, though some, like Prony Resources, are cautiously restarting operations.

The future of New Caledonia's nickel industry remains uncertain but continues to attract strategic interest as global demand for battery-grade nickel grows.

Reuters

Two potential buyers for Glencore's stake in mothballed New Caledonian nickel producer Koniambo Nickel SAS (KNS) have submitted offers following site visits late last year, KNS said.

26/12/2024

New Caledonia's government was toppled on Christmas Eve due to a mass resignation led by Environment Minister Jeremie Katidjo Monnier, the sole Calédonie Ensemble representative in the cabinet. Katidjo-Monnier, citing growing tensions between the government and Congress, announced that his party's entire list of potential replacements had also resigned as a bloc, forcing the government into caretaker mode until a new one is elected within 15 days, as per the 1999 organic law. At the heart of the crisis were disputes over President Louis Mapou's €1 billion loan proposal to rebuild after devastating riots, opposed by Congress, which advocated for non-refundable grants from France to avoid unsustainable debt. This marks the 11th time New Caledonia's government has collapsed due to such a bloc resignation since the introduction of its autonomous system in 1999.

RNZ Pacific RNZ

A block resignation means the whole government of New Caledonia is deemed to have resigned, and should now act in a caretaker mode.

11/12/2024

Despite months of deadly civil unrest and billions of dollars in damages, France won't let go of its Pacific island colony, New Caledonia. Doug Dingwall explains why.

ABC Pacific ABC News

Despite months of deadly civil unrest and billions of dollars in damages, France won't let go of its Pacific island colony, New Caledonia. Doug Dingwall expl...

10/12/2024

Nickel miner Prony Resources New Caledonia has restarted operations at its Goro mine after a seven-month suspension due to unrest but warns of fragile cash flow. The local industry, critical to New Caledonia’s economy, faces ongoing challenges from price slumps and civil unrest. Prony aims to produce 3,500 tons of nickel monthly for EV batteries, while the French government works on long-term solutions with subsidies and renewable energy investments.

MINING.COM Bloomberg

Prony Resources warned that its Goro mine is economically vulnerable after a recent suspension due to unrest.

06/12/2024

Among birds, New Caledonian crows have risen to the top as undisputed geniuses. In fact, they are even able to exhibit behaviors that mirror some of the hallmarks of human intelligence: tool use, social learning and even strategic planning. As science continues to uncover remarkable insights into the minds of these fascinating creatures, here are three factors that make these crows exceptionally intelligent.

Forbes

Crows endemic to New Caledonia happen to be extremely smart, proving to be among the most intelligent birds, with scientific research shedding light on their exceptional mental faculties.

01/12/2024

Why is France holding onto New Caledonia — a Pacific territory on the other side of the world?

ABC News ABC News

The European power spends billions of euros on New Caledonia and faces a large damage bill from this year's violent unrest. Why is it hanging on?

24/11/2024

New Caledonia is home to thousands of species found nowhere else - and to nickel that companies like Tesla desperately need.

The New Yorker

New Caledonia is home to thousands of species found nowhere else—and to nickel that companies like Tesla desperately need.

18/11/2024

Nickel miner Prony Resources New Caledonia has brought its staff back onsite as it prepares to restart output after a six-month suspension triggered by riots in the French territory.

Mining Weekly Bloomberg

Nickel miner Prony Resources New Caledonia has brought its staff back onsite as it prepares to restart output after a six-month suspension triggered by riots in the French territory. The company, which operates the Goro mine and a plant producing battery-grade nickel, returned workers to facilities....

23/10/2024

The arrival of the National Geographic cruise ship at the port of Easo, Lifou on Friday 18 October marked a decisive step towards stabilisation and a return to normality.

New Caledonia Travel Weekly

Cruise stopovers have returned to New Caledonia following the political protests that began in May in the lead-up to French elections.

22/10/2024

The French Supreme Court will examine the appeal of five Kanak pro-independence activists – including their leader Christian Tein – who are challenging their detention in mainland France on suspicion of having played a role in the unrest in New Caledonia.

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The French Supreme Court will examine the appeal of five Kanak pro-independence activists – including their leader Christian Tein – who are challenging their detention in mainland France on suspicion…

17/10/2024

France's new Minister for Overseas, François-Noël Buffet, arrived in New Caledonia yesterday, five months after violent riots broke out.

Buffet is scheduled to spend four days there, with high on his agenda to reaffirm France's commitment to New Caledonia's post-riots' recovery amid a backdrop of economic, social and societal collapse.

Since the unrest started, New Caledonia has sustained significant damage to its economy, with an estimated total material cost of some €2.2 billion, over 800 businesses were looted and destroyed by arson, and close to 20,000 job lost.

RNZ RNZ Pacific

France's new Minister for Overseas, François-Noël Buffet, arrived in New Caledonia on Wednesday, five months after violent riots broke out.

16/10/2024

New Caledonia's newly-elected President of the Congress, Veylma Falaeo, has officially declared a controversial deal signed in April with the Parliament of Azerbaijan "null and void".

RNZ RNZ Pacific Congrès de la Nouvelle-Calédonie

The deal signed with Azerbaijan caused outrage at the time within the Congress's loyalists ranks.

14/10/2024

French-owned historic nickel mining company SLN - Le Nickel is putting its historic mining site in Thio (East Coast of the main island) into stand-by mode.

RNZ RNZ Pacific

The company said the extracting operations were no longer possible due to numerous, "massive", continuous blockades and attacks over the past six months.

09/10/2024

A botched independence referendum in 2021 and an attempt to enfranchise recent arrivals caused long-simmering tensions between to explode in New Caledonia. Ethnic tensions between generally pro-independence Kanak people, already facing poor socioeconomic outcomes, and New Caledonians of European descent, nearly brought the territory to civil war. Despite the end of violence, its underlying causes have not been addressed, and further disputes may yet erupt.

East Asia Forum

Recent violence that rocked New Caledonia may have subsided, but with major issues still unresolved, this reprieve may be temporary.

08/10/2024

France’s new prime minister, Michel Barnier, has announced that a provincial election scheduled for December in New Caledonia has been postponed for a year.

The Guardian

The French Pacific territory has been hit by violent unrest between communities loyal to Paris and pro-independence Indigenous Kanaks

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