Nickel & Cobalt Products

The Piauí Nickel Project produces a high purity nickel and cobalt mixed hydroxide product.

Mixed Hydroxide Product (MHP) is an intermediate that can be used to produce nickel precursors for Li-ion battery cathodes for EVs or to feed the tradition nickel uses of stainless steel and alloys.

 

Nickel-containing materials play a major role in our everyday lives, with it being used in over 300,000 consumer products – food preparation equipment, mobile phones, medical equipment, military, transport, aerospace, buildings, power generation – the list is almost endless. They are selected because – compared with other materials – they offer better corrosion resistance, better toughness, better strength at high and low temperatures, and a range of special magnetic and electronic properties.

Almost two thirds of total nickel production is used in stainless steels today with 15% of production feeding precursor production for cathodes in electric vehicle batteries.

Nickel and cobalt are also critical components in re-chargeable batteries found in cell phones, laptops and, increasingly in electric vehicles and energy storage units.

Cobalt is also used in magnets, for such applications as wind turbines, and in a variety of other areas including ceramics, pigments, catalysts, drill-tools and so called ‘super alloys’ found in jet engines.

The Nickel Institute’s publication “Nickel in Society” outlines in the current use of nickel in much more detail.

View nickel use factsheets below

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Automotive

Aerospace

Mobile Phones

Electronics

Nickel and cobalt for a low carbon future