Mining of Nickel

The world reserves of nickel are estimated at 60 million tonnes [30.2J, of which Australia provides 35%. The reserve base, including known deposits, which can be mined at some future time, is 160 million tonnes with 15% each in Aushaha and Cuba and 10% each in Canada and New Caledonia. 

Country Production in mines. Contained Nickel. Tonnes Percentage Country of the total Production in mines. Contained Nickel. Tonnes Percentage of the total 

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French explorers worked the La Motte Mine in Missouri for nickel as early as 1719 and during the period from 1830-50 shipped tire metal to refiners in England (125). Before the mining of nickel ores on tire island of New Caledonia in the Pacific was well developed in about 1877, nickel was so scarce that oies containing as little as one per cent of it could be worked profitably (125). The greatest nickel deposits in the world, those of the Sudbury district of Ontario, Canada, were discovered in about 1856 ( 23,125). 

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