Taichung, Zenith - Nickel sulphate refinery

Operated by Zenith Chemicals, the Taichung plant is located in Taichung City, Taiwan. The plant produces nickel sulphate from nickel powder and briquettes as well as smaller volumes of crude nickel sulphate. In 2021, the plant had a capacity of 28.0ktpa nickel sulphate (6.2kt cont. Ni) and produced 21.2kt nickel sulphate (4.7kt cont. Ni). Wood Mackenzie’s asset reports are built from the bottom up, incorporating several granular data metrics to ultimately produce our industry-standard cash operating costs. This report contains a detailed asset note giving you a holistic view of the asset, including an operational overview through to a timeline of events from inception to now. This qualitative analysis is supplemented by the associated Excel download which enables interrogation of a whole series of cost and production metrics over the life of the asset.