METALS & MINERALS
Nickel
We are a leading producer and marketer of nickel, with assets in Australia, Canada and Europe.
We produce some of the world’s purest nickel – and we are also one of the largest recyclers and processors of nickel-bearing materials, including batteries.
Our marketing business deals in nickel metal as well as concentrates, intermediates and ferronickel.
We produce other metals as a by-product of nickel production, including cobalt, copper, precious metals and platinum-group metals.
Nickel in figures - 2020
$591m
adjusted EBITDA from our nickel assets
149 kt
of nickel sold via our marketing business
110 kt
of nickel produced at our own assets
376c/lb
cost/margin performance
Uses of nickel
Nickel is mainly used to make stainless steel: it adds strength and corrosion resistance to the steel, and is also used in types of steel designed to be less magnetic. It is also used for nickel plating.
With its ability to handle high temperatures, nickel features in specialty steels and superalloys, used for example in jet engines.
Nickel compounds are used in batteries – increasingly so in the powerful batteries used in electric vehicles.
Nickel assets
We have interests in a range of mining assets on four continents. They include:
Koniambo
New Caledonia
Koniambo is a large-scale integrated ferronickel mining and processing complex.
Murrin Murrin
Murrin Murrin is a nickel-cobalt operation in the north-eastern Goldfields of Western Australia, producing refined nickel and cobalt metal.
Nikkelverk
Norway
Located in Kristiansand, Nikkelverk is the largest nickel refinery in the western world – producing high-quality nickel and cobalt.
Raglan Mine
Canada
Raglan Mine is a nickel-copper operation located in the Arctic region at the extreme limit of northern Quebec.
Sudbury INO
Canada
Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations are located in the Sudbury basin, northern Ontario, Canada. Nickel–copper ores have been mined there since 1928. The operations also include the Sudbury smelter.
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Leadership
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Kenny Ives
Marketing lead
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Wayne Ashworth
Industrial lead