The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
Critical Minerals Alliances 2024 - September 16, 2024
America sports only one nickel mine and no refinery – raw nickel concentrate is sent to a Canadian smelter, with most of the final product sent back to the United States primarily as stainless steel, adding to the overall carbon footprint.
Nickel's continuing journey toward clean processes and domestic production.
Nickel has a complex relationship with the ongoing energy transition: It provides relatively inexpensive energy density and greater capacity to the lithium-ion batteries powering electric vehicles and storing clean energy, helping to lower the cost of each kilowatt hour. Its properties have been instrumental in untethering...
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