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 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.