Environmentalist groups censured a Norwegian mining firm for forging a partnership with a Chinese investors [MCC8 Group] to pursue its Mindoro Nickel Project even as its mining project on Mindoro Island has been found replete with violations…[refers to report by Norwegian Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines] [Intex response below. MCC8 group told the Resource Centre that since MCC8 has not yet signed a contract with Intex – only the MOU – it is not appropriate for MCC8 to respond to these concerns for the time being (Resource Centre translation of conversation in Chinese)].