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This far-reaching report addresses nickel industry's key issues as it emerges from the roller-coaster ride of price volatility which has characterised it in recent years. In 2002 the indications are for an upswing in demand as industrial activity starts to pick up again: however, on the supply...
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Elsevier Science,
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| Publisher Address: | Burlington : |
| Publication Dates: | 2002. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781855735941 |
| Summary: |
This far-reaching report addresses nickel industry's key issues as it emerges from the roller-coaster ride of price volatility which has characterised it in recent years. In 2002 the indications are for an upswing in demand as industrial activity starts to pick up again: however, on the supply side it is unclear how much output will be realised from the ""mega"" projects that were announced that the end of the 1990s. Both nickel consumption and prices could be adversely affected in the future by environmental restrictions, increasing substitution of nickel-containing materials and the developm. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (147 pages) |
| ISBN: |
1855738724 9781855738720 |
| Index Number: | TN295 |
| CLC: | F416.1 |
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Front Cover; Nickel: An industry on the Brink of Expansion; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Executive summary; Chapter 1. A background to the key issues; INTRODUCTION; HISTORY; THE MODERN ERA; END-USES; MINING, PROCESSING AND REFINING; NICKEL PRODUCTS; STAINLESS STEEL; BATTERY APPLICATIONS; NICKEL PLATING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS: JEWELLERY; NICKEL: SAFETY ISSUES; Chapter 2. Supply outlook; INTRODUCTION; INCO; FALCONBRIDGE; ERAMET/SLN; QNI; AUSTRALIA; RUSSIA: NORILSK; CANADA: SHERRITT GORDON; CUBA; PRESSURE ACID LEACHING (PAL) TECHNOLOGY; Chapter 3. Demand outlook; INTRODUCTION. STAINLESS STEELSTAINLESS STEEL APPLICATIONS; METALS SMELTING; FOOD PROCESSING AND COOKING UTENSILS; THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR; OTHER NICKEL USES; CHINA: THE WAKENING GIANT; INDIA: AN EXPANDING MARKET; Chapter 4. The scrap market: stainless steel and nickel; INTRODUCTION; RUSSIA AND CHINA; NICKEL SCRAP; THE USA; ELECTRIC ARC FURNACES (EAFS); RADIOACTIVE SCRAP METAL FROM NUCLEAR PLANTS; EU, OECD, UN SCRAP METAL REGULATIONS; Chapter 5. Nickel alloy steels; INTRODUCTION; SPECIALTY PRODUCTS; SUPPLY AND COST OF RAW MATERIALS; AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; NICKEL ALLOY CLAD PIPES: NUCLEAR PLANTS. SPECIAL METALS ACQUIRES INCO ALLOYSINTERNATIONALMARKETS; NEW PRODUCT EXAMPLES: CASE STUDIES; Chapter 6. Batteries; INTRODUCTION; NICD BATTERIES; NIMH BATTERY DEVELOPMENT: THE ROLE OF JAPAN; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; LI-ION BATTERIES: DEMAND GROWTH TO SURPASS NIMHIN THE LONG TERM; SODIUM-NICKEL CHLORIDE BATTERIES; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS. |