Sales of nickel concentrate and nickel matte were also substantially below output.
2.
In 2002, BCL and Falconbridge agreed to extend to 2015 the tolling agreement under which BCL-mined nickel matte was refined in Norway.
3.
The output of copper-nickel matte from the BCL smelter traditionally has exceeded the smelter s 40, 000-metric-ton-per-year ( t / yr ) design capacity, often by more than 30 %.