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S&P 500

1,628.93

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Nasdaq

3,443.20

-38.98

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6,348.82

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DAX

8,197.08

-32.43

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-143.69

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Hang Seng

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-527.81

-2.51%

S&P/ASX 200

4,739.80

-121.58

-2.50%

Sumitomo Metal, Vale Consider Building Nickel Plant in Indonesia

By Jae Hur & Ichiro Suzuki - 2013-01-31T09:05:20Z

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. (5713), Japan’s top nickel producer, said it has joined PT Vale Indonesia Tbk (INCO) on a pre-feasibility study for a nickel processing plant in Indonesia.

The companies also started an environmental impact assessment, Tokyo-based Sumitomo Metal said in a statement today. Sumitomo Metal owns a 20.09 percent stake in Jakarta- based Vale Indonesia.

To contact the reporters on this story: Jae Hur in Tokyo at jhur1@bloomberg.net; Ichiro Suzuki in 東京 at isuzuki@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Brett Miller at bmiller30@bloomberg.net

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