December 02, 2008

Amcor and BHP Billiton talks on Pujada Nickel fail

It is reported that the negotiations between mining giant BHP Billiton and its Filipino partner Asiaticus Management Corporation which was brokered by Environment Secretary Lito Atienza in Singapore last week, were a failure.

Mr Jimmy Wilson president of BHP Billiton's Stainless Steel Material failed to attend the meeting and sent his representative instead to meet with Amcor's top officials.

Mr Vicente Jayme president of Amcor said that Mr Wilson's non attendance on the brokered meeting just shows how arrogant the Australian mining officials are. He said Wilson earlier promised to attend the Singapore meeting.

Mr Jayme said that the representative sent by Mr Wilson could not even make a decision regarding their demand for the immediate operation of the Pujada Nickel Mining project in Cabuaya and Macambol in the City of Mati

He said that "It's so sad that BHP is still arrogant. Their president did not attend as he promised and merely sent a representative who merely talked without putting anything on the negotiating table.”

The meeting was held around on June 24th 2008 at Singapore's Swisshotel Standford Hotel.

(Sourced from www.sunstar.com)