Protesters burn vehicles, buildings at New Caledonia nickel mine

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Dozens of protesters caused tens of millions of dollars in damage to vehicles, equipment and buildings at Vale's nickel mining site in New Caledonia, as anger boiled over at a chemical spill into a local river.

The $6 billion Vale plant at Goro in southern New Caledonia was closed earlier this month after some 100,000 litres of acid-tainted effluent spilled, killing about 1,000 fish and sparking protests at the mine site.