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Nicaro - Closed nickel operation
The Nicaro operation, which was Cuba's oldest, operating for over 70 years, closed at the end of 2012. Wood Mackenzie’s asset reports are built fro...
Nickel in Indonesia: 5 things we've learnt from our March research trip
The nickel industry in Indonesia is developing at an unprecedented pace. We estimate year-on-year NPI production growth was 44% in 2018. Meanwhile,...
Nickel’s structural oversupply problem: China turns up the heat
Our July short term outlook shows a three-year aggregate surplus in the nickel market exceeding 630 kt by 2022. Yet for now, price makers show no a...
Niihama nickel refinery
Nickel production commenced at Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd in 1939 when nickel ores were smelted to anodes and refined to nickel by electrolysis. ...
Norilsk gold mine
Mining in Norilsk began with an open pit at Medvezhy Ruchei during the 1930s and was followed by underground operations at Zapolyarny in 1945. Thes...
North America Crude Markets: 2018 in review
The 2018 crude market was a tale of two stories. It was a year in which the North American continent returned to 'boom times' for crude production....
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