The Project is composed of three parts: the Kurumbukari mine site, the Basamuk processing plant and a 135 kilometers slurry pipeline from the mine to the processing plant. The mine is located on the Kurumbukari plateau, on the southern side of the Ramu River Valley, 75 kilometers to the southwest of Madang. The processing plant site is located on coast of Basamuk bay, 55km to the southeast of Madang.

December 17, 2010 - Reuters reported that Papua New Guinea's Ramu Nickel Mine, majority owned by China's Ramu Nico Management, will commence production in 2011 working up to an annualized rate of 31,150 tonnes of nickel and 3,300 tonnes of cobalt.  Mr Wu Xeng, a company official, said that "We are 95% complete, and nearing production."

October 25, 2010 - The Chinese developer of Papua New Guinea's Ramu Nickel mine has been allowed to resume work on the construction of a deep sea tailings disposal pipeline.  China's Ramu Nico will now go ahead with the construction of the proposed pipeline from the Kurumbukari mine site to Madang's Basamuk Bay.  It plans to dump millions of tonnes of slurry waste from the mine via the pipeline into the seas north of Madang.  Affected landowners have successfully stopped the construction of the pipeline, but later withdrew the case under controversial circumstances.  Another landowner Loius Medaing has filed fresh proceedings to stop the deep sea tailings.  Late last week, PNG's National Court in Madang refused another injunction and instead allowed the construction work to resume.  But the court has also ordered the developer not to dump any wastes via the pipeline, until the case is determined early next month. Both parties have been advised to prepare for a full trial in the New Year.  PNG's Ramu nickel mine was reportedly scheduled to commence trial operation later this year.

August 25, 2010 - Production at Metallurgical Corp of China Ltd's (MCC) Ramu nickel mine in Papua New Guinea is likely to be delayed to the end of the year, six months later than previously scheduled, a senior executive said on Wednesday.  "We estimate the Ramu nickel mine will be able to start production by the end of this year," MCC Vice-President Huang Dan told a news conference in Hong Kong.  Construction of the mine has been delayed due to health-related safety checks, she said.  Once it starts production, the mine is expected to produce 40,000 tonnes of metal in the first year, 78,000 tonnes in the second year, 77,000 tonnes in the third year and 74,000 tonnes in the fourth year.

May 11, 2009 - Construction of a $1.7 billion nickel project in Papua New Guinea has been halted due to fighting between local workers and Chinese labour, local media reported on Monday.   The fighting last Friday resulted in injuries to 14 Chinese and three local workers, as well as extensive property and equipment damage, said The Post Courier newspaper in the capital, Port Moresby.  Mine management told the newspaper that construction had halted at the site.  "We call on the PNG Government and police to fully investigate the incident and bring the perpetrators to justice, and to promptly restore law and order on site," the mine management in a statement in the newspaper.   Construction of the Ramu mine has been plagued by disputes with local landholders, many of whom also work at the site. Majority-owner China Metallurgical Construction Group Corp (MCC) has accused officials of forcing locals to work in sub-standard conditions.   Last August, local workers attacked Chinese labour and shut the gates to the project over working conditions.  The Post Courier newspaper said the latest fighting was over rumours of an accident at the site involving a Papua New Guinea worker.   Police reinforcements have been sent to the mine site near Madang on the north coast to investigate the fighting and to provide security to Chinese workers, said The National newspaper.

July 23, 2008 - Papua New Guinea's Chinese-backed Ramu nickel and cobalt project has secured nearly one-point-four billion US dollars in funding - the final hurdle before the project can become operational. The announcement was made by the junior joint-venture partner, Highlands Pacific, to the Australian Stock Exchange today. The China Metalurgical and Construction Company, or MCC, is the largest of the four Chinese joint-venture partners.