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Nickel : an industry on the brink of expansion /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Burlington :
Elsevier Science,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.