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Vietnam, Thi Binh received none of his pension, and was posted to even harsher labour on a chrome mine near Koumac where her son was cared for by other
Vietnamese as she worked long days. This was unsustainable, and André Dang was then adopted by a Vietnamese couple of modest means and living in Nouméa. He gradually integrated into the predominant French culture of the city. At the age of 6, US Marines arrived in Nouméa after a major Pacific base was established by the Allies, and Dang was in frequent contact with them and learned English. He attended Sacré Cœur and then Frédéric Surleu public schools. In 1949 his mother finished her contract on the mines, moved to Nouméa, and he returned to live with her along with two new siblings. Working as a mechanic, he married Bui Thi En at the age of 18 and gained a diploma and a job at the Doniambo nickel smelter. They had 4 children. He was supported to undertake a degree in engineering in Marseilles in the late 1950s, where he also took French citizenship.
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brokering of this deal by Dang and others in the ‘Bercy
Agreements’ of 1998 was legendary in New Caledonia, involving a swap of mining titles with other nickel mines, political interventions, and clever bargaining to provide the Kanak north of the island with its own economic powerhouse and employment opportunity. The US$ 5.3 billion plant at Vavouto is operated by Koniambo Nickel SAS (KNS), a joint venture between the Northern Province’s SMSP and the transnational conglomerate Glencore-Xstrata.The
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He was successful in turning around this bankrupt company, and by 1995, the SMSP had become a prime nickel exporter. In 2008 they opened a nickel smelter in South Korea and a series of deals led by Dang enabled construction of another, the huge
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In 1961 Dang returned to Nouméa to co-manage first a Citroën dealership, and then met great success with his own Toyota import business and petrol station. He suffered racism in his business affairs, particularly in the 1960s, in a city populated largely by
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Vietnamese labourers imported to work the mines, and suffered greatly as one of few women. She met Đặng Văn Nha at the camp and André Dang was their child. Đặng Văn Nha died in an industrial accident in 1937 while constructing a wharf. Because they were not married, indeed married to others in
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and smelter, a multibillion-dollar operation, entered production in 2014. The deal with
Glencore may end at their request in 2024. Dang, now in his late 80s, was for many decades President and CEO of SMSP, and strongly protective of New Caledonian ownership in its mining interests.
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