Scott Hand
Scott Hand
asia china demand driver expect growing ideally key market meet nickel operations pacific remain rest
We expect China to remain a key driver of the nickel market and our Asia Pacific operations are ideally positioned to meet growing demand from China and the rest of Asia going forward.
anyone electricity knows operations run spent takes time
Anyone who has spent time in our Sudbury operations knows it takes a lot of electricity to run our mines, our mills, our smelters and our refineries.
north operations remain vital
Our North American operations remain a vital base,
build expand growing importance operations project recognizes
In particular, it recognizes the growing importance of our Asia-Pacific operations as we build the Goro project in New Caledonia, and expand our PT Inco operations in Indonesia.
optimistic
We're very optimistic that it will be, but you have to go through the process.
aggressive drive growth leading nickel supports
This new organization supports our aggressive growth and our drive to be the world's leading nickel company,
aggressive drive growth leading nickel supports
This new organisation supports our aggressive growth and our drive to be the world's leading nickel company,
balance continue expected increase leading limited nickel supplies tight
We continue to see a limited increase in nickel production, leading to tight nickel supplies expected for the balance of 2006.
account incidents recent schedule second time
We'll come up with the schedule that will take into account these recent incidents . . . some time in the second half.
bringing canadian create excellent global great player together
We're bringing together two great companies, with excellent assets, to create a great Canadian player in the global markets.
dates decide depending looking response timing
Those are the two dates we are looking at right now and, depending upon what the response is from them, we would then decide what the timing would be for the offer.
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For a good part of our shared history a lot of people have been saying, You know, if only these two Canadian companies could get together, what a great company that could be. Well, that day has arrived.
magnitude move ours second unusual
It's not unusual for a transaction of the magnitude of ours to move to a second phase.
convinced deal longer worth
It may take a little longer to get the deal done but we're convinced that this deal is worth the wait.