Global Ferronickel upbeat about 2017 shipment target

LISTED nickel producer Global Ferronickel Holdings, Inc. (FNI), the second largest nickel ore producer in the Philippines and the largest lateritic mine exporter in the world, said on Wednesday its subsidiary, Platinum Group Metals Corporation, has shipped 1.746 million wet metric tons (WMT) of nickel ore as of June 27 this year.

Such shipment volume has put the company on track to hit its 2017 shipment target of 6 million WMT, it said.