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Mining · Holguín

Nicaro Nickel Plant ('René Ramos Latour')

Oldest nickel plant (US-built 1943)

🔴 Stateℹ️ Atlas — info onlyConfiscated · no active suit

Scale

Caron-process, obsolete

Status

Largely IDLE — brownfield redevelopment

Sector

Mining

Province

Holguín

Coordinates

20.690, -75.550

Layer

Layer 2 · Atlas

Notes

Also a certified claim.

Helms-Burton · confiscated property

Confiscated · no active suit

Original owner (1960)

Nicaro Nickel Co.

1972 certified value

$33.0M

Current claim-holder

original claimant

Certified (FCSC)

Yes — certified claim

Title III status

none active

Sources: USGS · FCSC

Register interest

Information only — no U.S. participation today. Register a non-binding indication for the pipeline (for non-U.S. capital or a post-sanctions world).

Not legal, tax or investment advice, and not authorization for any transaction. U.S. sanctions (31 CFR Part 515) prohibit investment or equity in any Cuban business; nothing here is a determination that a transaction is lawful. Structure anything Cuba-facing only with qualified OFAC sanctions counsel and screen every party with QvaPay Sentinel.

Primary sources: OFAC Cuba Sanctions · 31 CFR Part 515 (CACR) · OFAC Cuba FAQs · Cuba Restricted List