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Vale Clydach Nickel Refinery
Vale's Clydach Nickel Refinery in Clydach, Swansea Valley, Wales, UK — operational since 1902, making it one of the world's oldest continuously operating nickel refineries. Clydach processes nickel matte from Vale's Canadian sulfide mining operations (Sudbury, Ontario) into Class 1 nickel rounds and nickel sulfate crystals suitable for battery cathode precursor production. As the UK's only nickel refinery and one of the last remaining Class 1 Western European nickel refining assets, Clydach is strategically important for UK and EU battery supply chain sovereignty. Vale's ownership makes Clydach's continued operation subject to Brazilian corporate capital allocation decisions rather than UK industrial policy. Source: Vale base metals operations; NS Energy Business Clydach profile; Wikipedia.
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