KNS stated discussions with potential buyers have been persevering with, with three teams nonetheless expressing an curiosity.
“However, we’ve neither a agency supply nor visibility on the funding of our operations,” it stated in an announcement.
The agency now faces the prospect of shedding all employees after Aug. 31 when the six-month care and upkeep interval funded by Glencore ends, apart from round 50 staff who can be wanted to oversee the plant, KNS added.
KNS is a part of a struggling New Caledonian nickel trade, which has been dealt an additional blow by unrest within the territory since Could.
French mining group Eramet stated its native subsidiary SLN remained at a digital standstill and continued to obtain funding from the French authorities to remain in enterprise.
(By Gus Trompiz; Modifying by Tomasz Janowski)