Huntington / Rotterdam / Hereford / Nain / Detroit / Kalgoorlie / Harjavalta / Newton / Leonora / Townsville / Varley / Ellwood City / Argentia / Columbus / Vancouver / Burnaugh / Gothenburg / New York / Epone / /
Company
Sudbury / WMC Limited of Australia / RTZ Mineração Ltda. / Blackstone / Inmetco / Inco Alloys International / Carpenter Technology Corp. / Royal Dutch/Shell Group / Glencore International AG / Mount Keith Mine / Teledyne Inc. / Lukens Inc. / International Metals Reclamation Co. Inc. / Outokumpu Oyj / Norilsk Nickel / Allegheny Ludlum Corp. / General Electric Co. / Gencor Group / Rio Tinto plc / Aerospace Industries Association of America Inc. / Roundtop Joint Venture / Rolls-Royce PLC / United Technologies Corp. / Cannon-Muskegon Corp. / Inco Limited. / Cerro Matoso S.A. / Norton / P.T. Aneka Tambang of Indonesia / Gencor Limited / Mining Journal / BHP Minerals Pty. Ltd. / Voisey’s Bay Nickel Co. Ltd. / McDonnell Douglas Corp. / Boral Energy / VDM Technologies Corp. / Billiton Nickel / Diamond Fields Resources Inc. / Pratt & Whitney Co. Inc. / Howmet Corp. / Foreign Trade U.S. net / Calliope Metals Corporation / London Stock Exchange / Sherritt International Corporation / Glenbrook Nickel Co. / Steel Company / Falconbridge Limited of Canada / Lake Johnson Joint Venture / RAO Norilsk Nickel / Exploration Limited. / Fluor Daniel Australia Ltd. / Haynes International Inc. / Blackstone Capital Partners II Merchant Banking Fund L.P. / Billiton BV / Billiton Plc. / J&L Specialty Steel Inc. / Allegheny Teledyne Inc. / Yeih United Steel Co. Ltd. / Outokumpu Mining Australia Pty. Ltd. / PSA Peugeot-Citroën / London Metal Exchange / Armco Inc. / the Boeing Company / Pasztor / Cominco American Inc. / QNI Limited. / Outokumpu Base Metals Oy / Mining Project Investors Pty. Ltd. / Stillwater Mining Company / Special Metals Corp. / Cominco Ltd. / WMC Mining Limited / Normandy Poseidon Ltd. / QNI Limited of Australia / Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation / La Compania General de Niquel S.A. / SAFT S.A. / Anaconda Nickel Limited / Toyota Motor Corporation / Rio Tinto Exploration Pty / Renault / Goldfields Gas Transmission Joint Venture / World Review / General Motors Corp. / Honda Motor Co. Ltd. / /
Continent
Asia / Europe / North America / /
Country
Venezuela / Norway / Brazil / Suriname / United Kingdom / China / Finland / Italy / Mexico / Malaysia / Spain / Switzerland / South Africa / Cuba / Colombia / France / Japan / Canada / Australia / Korea / Philippines / New Caledonia / Taiwan / Germany / Sweden / Indonesia / Russia / United States / South Korea / /
Stillwater Mine / Newton plant / Forrestania Mine / Moa plant / Fortaleza smelter / Nickel Mountain Mine / Mount Keith Mine / Voisey’s Bay complex / Federal district court / Oregon complex / Yabulu refinery / Harjavalta smelter / Argentia complex / Raglan Mine / Pechenga smelter / Stillwater Complex / Outokumpu’s refinery / Voisey’s Bay mill / Voisey’s Bay Mine / The facility / Steel Institute / Columbus complex / Library of Congress / WMC’s smelter / Ellwood City plant / /
Holiday
Commonwealth Day / /
IndustryTerm
stainless steel wire / portable electronic devices / stainless steel industry / improved management / byproduct copper-nickel-cobalt solution / nickel metal / ferronickel producer / pollution control equipment / food / nickel-metal hydride batteries / chemical reaction vessels / gas suppliers / law legislation / portable tools / precious metal refiners / Electrical steel / flash smelting technology / stainless steel producers / beverage / nickel-metal hydride pack / metal content / tool steel / unwrought metal / stainless steel production / Jet engine manufacturers / raw stainless and heatresisting steel / important base metal discovery / metal ions / hand-held power tools / auto manufacturer / steel industry / stainless steel scrap / similar heavy-duty industrial equipment / welding products / alloy manufacturing division / stainless steel / mine site / affected stainless steel production / supply gas / electronics / chemical / cobalt processing plant / copper-nickel recovery circuit / nickel producer / ammoniacal solution / metal oxides / steel producers / owned subsidiary / machinery / natural gas / nickel-metal hydride packs / handheld power tools / natural gas pipeline / metal / raw stainless steel / projected startup / nickel-cadmium and nickel-metal hydride batteries / metal-trading / finished stainless steel / austenitic stainless steel / alloys / protracted airline recession / steel / nickel-metal hydride battery / oil and gas wells / stainless steel mill products / chemical processing equipment / cheaper energy / pure metal / food handling equipment / stainless steel wire rod / metal powder / local subsidiary / power generation machinery / less stainless steel / steel imports / larger metal mines / merchant bank / stainless steel production capacity / consumer products / furnace technology / electrolytic metal / nickel-metal hydride / Prospective buyers / battery manufacturers / mining / self-powered machinery / /
NaturalFeature
Kola Peninsula / Taimyr Peninsula / Nickel Mountain / Island of New Caledonia / Labrador Sea / island of Newfoundland / mountain Keith / Discovery Hill / Beartooth Mountains / /
OperatingSystem
Poseidon / /
Organization
Defense Logistics Agency / Federal Agency / U.S. Department of Commerce / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / World Trade Organization / Provincial Government / Federal district court / Aerospace Industries Association of America / U.S. International Trade Commission / Government of Newfoundland / Department of the Treasury / Commonwealth of Independent States / U.S. Government / Several Government / California Air Resources Board / Government of Colombia / Government of Cuba / American Iron and Steel Institute / U.S. Department of Justice / Portable Rechargeable Battery Association / European Commission / European Monetary Union / European Union / Ozone Transport Commission / Department of Justice / Cuban Government / Congress / Federal Government / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / /
Person
George Washington / Serra da Fortaleza / /
Position
producer / ferronickel producer / nickel producer / President of the United States / President / Executive / /
Product
tons of cathode / EV-1 / Hastelloy X / Prius / /
ProvinceOrState
Quebec / Indiana / British Columbia / Minas Gerais / Montana / Camaguey / California / Arizona / Ontario / Alberta / Kentucky / Queensland / Newfoundland / Pennsylvania / Josephine County / Massachusetts / West Virginia / Saskatchewan / Douglas County / Southern California / New York / Holguín / Western Australia / Oregon / North Carolina / Holguín Province / California; the Los Angeles Basin / /
PublishedMedium
Public Law / /
Region
Western Australia / Scandinavia / East Asia / Southern California / northern Quebec / /
NICKEL By Peter H. Kuck Throughout 1997, nickel producers struggled to cut costs in the face of weakening prices for the metal. The spot price of nickel has been gradually declining since the spring of 1996 despite firm