Archive for the ‘Nickel’ Category

Grinding technology for Finland nickel mine

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Outotec has agreed with Scandinavian Minerals of Canada for the delivery of grinding technology for the Scandinavian Minerals Kevitsa project in Finland The contract value exceeds EUR 20 million. Kevitsa, located in Sodankyla in northern Finland, is an undeveloped sulphide nickel deposit containing also copper and platinum group metals. The Outotec ...

Fine nickel powders are sorted by air

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Air-classification is a powerful technology that enables particulate materials to be separated into fractions smaller than those that can be achieved by simple screening Novamet Specialty Products Corp has gained extensive experience over the past 20 years in manufacturing air-classified nickel powders. Air-classification is a powerful technology that enables particulate materials ...

Analyse electroless nickel plating baths at line

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

An 'at line' analyser uses uses well established hardware and software to analyse nickel, hypophosphite and alkalinity in electroless nickel plating baths Metrohm ProcessLab is a new 'at line' analyser, which continues the success of the Titrando range of laboratory titrators. The system uses well established hardware and software, including the ...

Analysing electroless nickel plating baths

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Automated on-line analysis system performs all liquid handling steps such as taking sample aliquots, dosing of reagents, titration and cleaning Electroless nickel layers are normally nickel-phosphorus alloys. For the reductive chemical deposition of nickel with phosphorus inclusions, sodium-hypophosphite is used as the reducing agent (reductant). To apply even nickel layers to ...

electroless nickel plating baths, that continues the success

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Metrohm ProcessLab is a new at-line analyser for electroless nickel plating baths, that continues the success of the Titrando range of laboratory titrators The Metrohm ProcessLab provides at-line analysis of nickel, hypophosphite and alkalinity in electroless nickel plating baths. The system uses well established hardware and software, including the Titrando titrator ...

Production cuts said to revitalize nickel market

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

In early January 1999, a poll of metal analysts forecast an average London Metal Exchange (LME) cash nickel price of $2.05 a pound. This was lower than the average for 1998 of $2.09 a pound and indicative of the widespread bearish views concerning the nickel market. In view of the ...

Axel Johnson to sell Soviet metals - Axel Johnson Trade A.B.; nickel, cobalt and copper

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Soviet nickel, cobalt and copper will be marketed in Western Europe by Sweden's Axel Johnson Resources AB, Johnson announced Tuesday. Norilsk Nikel, the Soviet state-owned metals producer which has sold Western Europe an estimated 35,000 to 40,000 tons of nickel annually through various brokers, will deal exclusively through Axel Johnson, said ...

Norilsk woes rev nickel bulls: market stronger as 120,000 workers threaten to strike - Norilsk Nikel; strike threatened for Apr 2, 1997

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

The prospect of a strike by as many as 120,000 workers at Russia's Norilsk Nickel complex has lent additional strength to an already bullish nickel market, although many analysts believe output would need to be curtailed for several weeks to cause any significant supply tightness. Workers at Norilsk, one of ...

Bank seen owning 38% of Norilsk - Uneximbank forecasted to win official control over its 38% stake in Norilsk Nikel during auction

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Although bidding is open until Aug. 1, the auction of a controlling share of Norilsk Nickel is effectively over, with Russian commercial bank Uneximbank expected to gain official ownership of the 38 percent stake it has controlled since 1995. A letter sent last Friday from Trans-World Group to President Boris ...

Nickel Chrome Alloys

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

The nickel-chromium system shows that chromium is quite soluble in nickel. This is a maximum at 47% at the eutectic temperature and drops off to about 30% at room temperature. A range of commercial alloys is based on this solid solution. Such alloys have excellent resistance to high temperature oxidation ...