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Glencore is a leading producer and marketer of nickel, as well as a recycler of nickel-containing materials such as batteries.
We produce some of the world’s purest nickel. Our marketing business markets nickel and nickel concentrates, as well as by-products and ferronickel. Our nickel operations are in Canada, Australia, Norway, and New Caledonia.
We produce other metals as a by-product of nickel production, including cobalt, copper, precious metals and platinum-group metals.
The journey of nickel
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The journey of nickel
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Nickel in figures - 2023
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234 kt
of nickel sold via our marketing business
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97.6 kt
of nickel produced at our assets
Uses of nickel
Nickel is mainly used in the production of stainless steel because it improves its strength and resistance to corrosion. Nickel is also used in certain types of steel which lower magnetic properties.
Stainless steel with nickel content is omnipresent, for example in buildings, bridges and kitchen appliances. Nickel makes steel corrosion-resistant and plays an essential role in our modern world.
As the trend towards e-mobility grows, this versatile metal is increasingly needed to produce high-performance batteries. Nickel in electric vehicle batteries helps deliver higher energy density and longer range for vehicles.
Because nickel resists high temperatures, it is used in special steel and superalloys intended for aircraft engines, among other applications.
Nickel assets
We have interests in a range of mining assets on four continents. They include:
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Koniambo
New Caledonia
Koniambo is a large-scale integrated ferronickel mining and processing complex.View more
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Murrin Murrin
Murrin Murrin is a nickel-cobalt operation in the north-eastern Goldfields of Western Australia, producing refined nickel and cobalt metal.View more
See also Glencore in Australia
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Nikkelverk
Norway
Located in Kristiansand, Nikkelverk is the largest nickel refinery in the western world – producing high-quality nickel and cobalt.View more
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Raglan Mine
Canada
Raglan Mine is a nickel-copper operation located in the Arctic region at the extreme limit of northern Quebec.View more -
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.View more
See also Glencore in Canada
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