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Operations: Sudbury Saturday Night

More than a century of experience and innovation grace Inco's Sudbury operations, which make up the largest part of Inco's Canadian and UK Operations. The determination and sweat of Canadians througho...

Operations: Energy Savings Mount in Ontario

Talk about saving money--$13.5-million worth of energy in the Ontario Operations during 2001. The team that beat its target by $1.5 million did a lot more than talk, but good communications is at the ...

Operations: Special Products

In order to be a price-maker and not a price-taker, a metal company has to produce something unique, with a value above the commodity price of metal. This is the reason that Inco has been involved in ...

Operations: The Popularity of PT Inco

Mining in Indonesia can be as much about community development as orebody development. PT International Nickel Indonesia (PT Inco) made that discovery when it began mining laterite ore near Soroako on...

Operations: Safety at Inco’s Canadian Operations

In November 2001 the shaft crew at Inco's Copper Cliff North mine near Sudbury, Ont., had worked 13 years without a disabling injury: a rare accomplishment. To celebrate, a new goal has been set of on...

INCO R&D: Goro Laterite Development

New Caledonia is the site of Inco's newest opportunity. The French island territory in the South Pacific is the home of the exciting Goro deposit. Not only is this the world's highest grade laterite n...

INCO R&D: Foraging for Future Ore

The Inco mines and plants have a voracious appetite. The Ontario and Manitoba mining operations consumed 9.484 million tonnes of ore in 2001 containing 166,000 tonnes of nickel, 129,000 tonnes of copp...

News (April 01, 2002)

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Operations: The Growing Business of Reclamation

The world's expectations in the matter of land management have risen dramatically over the last nine decades. So has Inco raised its demands, becoming one of the country's leaders.Inco's first foray i...

Overview: Inco at 100

The International Nickel Company, now known as Inco Limited, was incorporated in 1902, merging the interests of seven mining companies. It is therefore celebrating its centenary in April this year.The...

Operations: New Lease on Life for Thompson Operation

Inco's Thompson operation has been in production since 1961, with nickel-cobalt mines, as well as a mill, smelter and refinery. Its underground mines and pits lie along the Thompson Nickel Belt in the...