Nickel



Whist it may seem strange to connect a metal with the Cold War, but it is non the less connected in it's own unusual way, as do all fuels, phosphates, metals and metal ores. This is why the world obsessed about winning over or capturing many obscure African, Central American, Caribbean and Asian nations.

Uses
Nickel has many wide spread uses and is used in many specific and recognizable industrial and consumer products. These products including stainless steel, alnico magnets, coinage, rechargeable batteries, electric guitar strings, nickel jet engine turbine blade super-alloy (Terbo-Union RB199), Nickel aluminide, thermostat elements, microphone capsules, coinage, magnets, electroplating chip-frying baskets and special alloys. Nickel is used as a binder in the cemented tungsten carbide or hard-metal industry and nickel foam or nickel mesh is used in gas diffusion electrodes for alkaline fuel cells. It is also used for plating and as a green tint in glass. Nickel is used as a binder in the cemented tungsten carbide or hard-metal industry and nickel foam or nickel mesh is used in gas diffusion electrodes for alkaline fuel cells.

By winning over or conquering the local regimes, vital raw material could supply one side or the other leading to many not immediately obvious, but non the less major changes in industry's out put and eventually in to life in general. This is why the world obsessed about winning over or capturing many obscure African, Central American, Caribbean and Asian nations.

Milling, casting and refining plants
These countries and many more poses milling, casting and refining plans. Major production sites include the Sudbury region in Ontario Canada (which is thought to be of a meteoric (origin), New Caledonia in the Pacific, and Norilsk in Russia. MMC Norilsk Nickel, headquartered in Moscow, is the principal mining operator in the Norilsk-Talnakh operation.

Name sakes
The Soviet nickel mining town of Nikel (Russian: Ни́кель; Finnish: Kolosjoki) is a town in the Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the shores of Lake Kuets-Yarvi 196 kilometers (122 mi) northwest of Murmansk and 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) from the Norwegian border. Population: 12,756 (2010 Census); 16,534 (2002 Census); 21,838 (1989 Census); 18,000 (1973) It was founded by Finland in the early 1930's and taken over by the Russians in the Winter War. It is situated over a massive nickel reserve.

Nikël is a municipality in the Krujë District, Durrës County, western Albania. The population at the 2011 census was 9,518.

Outside links

 * 1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikel
 * 2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vale_Limited
 * 3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Harbour_Nickel_Processing_Plant
 * 4) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voisey%27s_Bay_Mine
 * 5) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik%C3%ABl
 * 6) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel