New Caledonia nickel producer Societe le Nickel said that it no longer sees Cyclone Jasmine as a threat to its operations as the storm was forecast to miss the South Pacific French Territory.

Meteorologists put the track of Jasmine, with winds up to 200 kilometers per hour, in open seas roughly equidistant between New Caledonia and Vanuatu, a distance of roughly 630 kilometers (400 miles).

An SLN spokeswoman said that SLN, part owned by France's Eramet, has been monitoring the path of the cyclone since forming earlier this week, while operating its 55,000 tonnes per year Doniambo nickel smelter in New Caledonia's capital Noumea normally.

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