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Article: Innovation and Improvisation Keep Talvivaara on Track
- Article from:
- Engineering and Mining Journal
- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright Mining Media, Inc. Oct 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Development of the Talvivaara Mining Co. (TMC) project, located in the Sotkamo region of eastern Finland and one of the largest known nickel sulphide deposits in Europe, has attracted a great deal of public attention in Finland and elsewhere, for a number of economic and technological reasons.
* This is the largest new mine development in the country, as well as being a major addition to world nickel production capacity;
* It is the brainchild of Finnish engineers and business people, in particular Pekka Perä who was a driving force in establishing the company and the project; and
* It has provided a huge amount of work for Finnish contractors and it has created well-paid jobs in an area ...