Xinxiang, Jien - Nickel sulphate refinery

Operated by Jien Xinxiang, the Xinxiang plant is located in Henan province, China. The plant produces nickel sulphate from mixed hydroxide precipitate feedstock from the Ramu plant in Papua New Guinea. The plant has a nickel sulphate capacity of 27.3ktpa in 2021 and produced 24.9kt in the same year. 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.