Inco, the world's second largest nickel producer, is now in pursuit of a 50 percent increase in output by 2009.

The Toronto-based company has ended a two-year hiatus by resuming work on its US$1.9 billion Goro project in New Caledonia and is six months ahead of schedule with its Voisey's Bay project in Canada's Labrador region.

It confirmed Oct. 19 that the C$3 billion Voisey's Bay undertaking...