Reports list

Nickel Heap Leaching Study	details
China Nickel Pig Iron Market Study	details
The Market for Nickel	details
Nickel in Batteries	details
Environment, Healt and Safety Regulations and Nickel	details

NICKEL HEAP LEACHING STUDY

	Report Available Now ( brochure)
	Published in 2010, this is a 72-page comprehensive analysis of heap leaching in nickel production.
	Commissioned by INSG and produced by Malachite Consulting of Australia.
	Provides up to date information on all aspects of heap leaching.
	Summarizes the various hydrometallurgical processes applied to nickel leaching.
	Identifies current and future trends.
	Analyzes the economic and environmental impact of the use of heap leaching, including CO2 emissions.
	Reviews the intellectual property aspects of the technology.
	Highlights several nickel projects using heap leaching.
	Includes information on challenges and risks.

CHINA NICKEL PIG IRON MARKET STUDY

	Report Available Now ( brochure)
	Published in May 2010, this is a 70-page comprehensive analysis of nickel pig iron market in China.
	Commissioned by INSG and produced by CBI of China.
	Provides up to date information on the Chinese nickel pig iron market.
	Summarizes the latest developments in the nickel pig iron market.
	Identifies current producers and lists new projects totalling over 150,000t per annum.
	Analyzes the driving forces behind the increasing use of nickel pig iron.
	Reviews the most important cost factors.
	Highlights possible substitution among products like nickel pig iron, ferro-nickel, stainless steel and nickel metal.
	Includes information on why stainless steel producers are becoming more interested in using nickel pig iron.

THE MARKET FOR NICKEL: THE FUNDAMENTALS DRIVING CHANGE 2009

	Report Available Now ( brochure)
	Originally published in 2008, this revised and updated edition is a 62-page comprehensive analysis of drivers for change in the world nickel market.
	Incorporates 2008 and 2009 data from INSG and other sources.
	Analyses the structure of mine and refined world nickel production and identifies current and future trends
	Assesses nickel usage patterns in the main market sectors and the impact of environmental regulations on the metal’s usage.
	Traces changes in the structure of industry ownership.
	Highlights the growing importance of Asia in the world nickel market.
	Includes information on trends in nickel stocks and price.
	Summarises developments in environmental regulation.

NICKEL IN BATTERIES

	Report Available Now ( brochure)
	Comprehensive report drawing on data from a variety of sources, both government and private, on the use of nickel in batteries
	Discusses the history of nickel in batteries
	Describes the principal types of batteries which use nickel
	Provides a comparison of the various nickel containing batteries, in terms of cost and energy density
	Includes information on the environmental regulations impacting nickel batteries
	Describes the recycling of nickel batteries
	Includes a list of major producers of nickel containing batteries and provides web addresses

ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS AND NICKEL

	Report Available Now ( brochure)
	A spreadsheet compilation on the environmental, health and safety regulations relating to nickel
	Data drawn from contributions by member countries and other sources
	Listing of regulations by country, state or province as well as international regulations
	Includes information on EU regulations such as REACH
	Data covering the major nickel producing and using countries
	Includes web links to regulations in various jurisdictions
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Members:

Australia, Brazil, Cuba, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, Sweden and United Kingdom.

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