Copper Cliff, Ontario, January, 1969 Number 10 Inco Triangle January, 1969
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VOLUME 28 COPPER CLIFF, ONTARIO, JANUARY, 1969 NUMBER 10 INCO TRIANGLE JANUARY, 1969 senger car and consumer products Highway 17 Commuters Were Puzzled industries in 1968 maintained the demand for decorative nickel plating, despite lower per-unit CMAKi,F consumption. Nickel plating of plastics is being more widely in- Published for all employees of The troduced into the automotive in- International Nickel Company of dustry and is expected to aid in Canada Limited counteracting competition to nickel D. M. Dunbar, Editor from colored coatings and non- D. J. Wing, Assistant Editor metallic materials. Editorial Office, Copper Cliff, Ont. In summary, the demand for Authorized as second class mail by the nickel continues to grow, and Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for so does the industry's production payment of postage in cash. capability. We are still in a period Material contained in Inco Triangle of tight supply, but established should not be reprinted unless permission has been obtained from The International nickel producers and new com- Nickel Company of Canada, Limited, panies entering the industry are Copper Cliff, Ontario. making large capital expenditures to alter this situation. They are expanding their existing facilities, developing new mines and build- Inco Leads World's ing new plants and conducting an unprecedented search in many Nickel Industry in parts of the globe for new nickel deposits. Meeting Challenges A challenging course for which production, research and explora- Expanding tion must all be geared up to new highs, has been charted for the nickel industry by the pressure of Markets world demand, International Nickel president Albert P. Gagnebin said Aerospace in a recent statement: The DC-3, introduced in In 1969 and beyond, three major early 1930s, contained about trends will prevail in the nickel pounds of nickel, mostly in land- industry, all involving formidable ing gears, propellers and gearing. challenges. First, producers will Introduction of the jets in the late be faced with an unprecedented 1950s ushered in a new era of demand for the metal. Annual air transport which has seen the A satellite tracking station? An obstacle course for low-flying geese? nickel content increase from 3,500 free world consumption of primary No, these are the 55-foot towers for the new power distribution centre nickel has been in excess of 800,- pounds in the Boeing 707 to about 000,000 pounds every year since of No. 3 switching sub-station now being erected at the Copper Cliff 11,000 pounds in the Boeing 747 1966. Consumption is expected South mine site. The centre will handle 69,000 volts and will serve the which will begin operation in to remain high in mine, copper refinery, Creighton mine, the iron ore plant, and the new about a year. The French-British 1969, and demand pressure carbonyl nickel refinery. Inco power consumption in the Concorde contains about 15,000 is expected to ex- Sudbury district is expected to double within the next five years. pounds of nickel. The Boeing 2707, ceed supply, assum- better known as the SST, sched- ing continuation of uled for introduction in the mid- scheduled for completion in 1971, lished uses, but to assure long- the present high 1970s, will contain about 18,000 will have an annual capacity of term market growth for the metal, level of industrial pounds of nickel, or more than 50 of nickel in the International Nickel and others activity. 100,000,000 pounds times as much as the DC-3. form of pellets and 25,000,000 are continuing their alloy develop- Vehicular Turbines This leads to the ment and product research objec- second trend-can- pounds of the metal in powder Major producers of truck and tives. Important nickel markets tmued expansion of form. off - highway equipment engines A. P. Gagnebin Canadian sulphide ores will con- of tomorrow are anticipated in are developing gas turbines which production capa- such promising new fields as nuc- bility resulting from the nickel tinue to be the main source of will be marketed in the early lear power, air and water pollution industry's accelerating free-world nickel for years to 197Cs. These units will be m worldwide control, cryogenics, air transporta- effort to meet the increasing de- come, but the ever-increasing de- quieter, minimize air pollution, tion, the petroleum and automo- mands of its customers. Interna- mand for the metal has made it duce driver fatigue, and provide tive industries, desalination and tional Nickel's estimates are that necessary to augment these ores more power for hill-climbing and ocean engineering. by the end of 1971 the production with both sulphide and lateritic heavy loads. Nickel alloys will be capability of the free world nickel deposits in other countries. The High-nickel alloys, because they used liberally throughout for such industry will reach about 1,100,- existing nickel producers, and meet the most stringent perform- components as turbine wheels. 000.000 pounds annually, which is many new entries to the indus- ance requirements, will probably combustion components and gears. expected to satisfy projected de- try, are combing the globe for be the fastest growing area of Nuclear Power mand that year. In 1968, Inter- additional sources of nickel. Inter- nickel consumption in the next The unexpected surge in nuclear national Nickel announced that its national Nickel is investigating decade, reflecting the growing use plant orders of the past two years annual nickel-production capability properties in Australia, Indonesia, of gas turbines and other ma- represented 40 per cent of the in Canada alone would exceed Guatemala, the United States and chinery in which these high-tem- total new orders for power plants 600.000,000 pounds by the latter the British Solomon Islands, and perature, high-strength alloys play in the United States. The AEC part of 1971. This represents an has been selected to be a partner critical roles. now predicts that by 1980 nuclear increase of more than 30 per cent in a new company to be formed Nickel-base alloys and ultra- plants might have a generating above its current capability. with French interests to develop high strength steels are finding capacity of more than 150.000 MW, Inco's Canadian Expansion nickel deposits in New Caledonia. new markets in airframe com- about 25 per cent of the total gen- In Canada. International Nickel Process Research Vital ponents in the new generation erating capacity. High-nickel alloys is engaged in a program of mine Inherent in the nickel indus- of commercial transports. When are essential in these nuclear and surface facilities expansion try's program of expansion is fur- coupled with the large quantities power projects. that will have required capital ther emphasis on process research of stainless steels and superalloys Water Pollution Control expenditures of some $500, 000,000 and huge capital expenditures. required for the advanced engines Federal restrictions on water through 1970. The Company cur- Nickel producers, like other metal powering these transports, the pollution will require the expendi- rently has 10 operating mines in producers, are becoming increas- civilian aircraft market is assum- ture of about 52.9 billion through Ontario and Manitoba, and is de- ingly dependent on lower-grade ing increasing significance as a 1975 for new facilities for waste veloping nine new ones that will deposits. In light of this, the consumer of nickel. water treatment. The requirement be coming into production in these development of advanced metal- Demand for nickel stainless steel for maintenance-free service two provinces over the next three lurgical techniques leading to more also continues to increase through- points to increased use of nickel years. efficient, economical recovery of out the world, particularly for use alloy steels, including stainless In 1968, the Company also nickel from both laterite and sul- in the petro-chemical industry, steel, in this market. It is expect- commenced construction of an phide ores has taken on added rapid - transit and railway cars, ed that by 1975 the consumption 58.5.000,000 refinery at Copper Cliff. importance. fertilizer manufacturing and dis- of nickel stainless steel alone in Ontario, for the production of The third trend in the nickel tribution equipment, toad handling this area will increase fourfold high-purity nickel pellets and industry is a perennial one. Nickel oquipment, and architectural ap- over the present rate. In addition. powders by means of a major new is a metal characterized by an plications. there is growing interest in incin- Inco-developed process. The plant, extremely broad range of estab- Higher production in the pas- ('ontitnied on Page lB 14 flake subdivision in e wide open spaces of the Blezard Valley for the last seven years. A driller, Bill started with Inco at Stobie mine in 1951 , and moved over to A-W w 11011111111111111F J ;ague. He and his Frond in 1954. He grew up on a form at Sturgis, Sas- as the hus,iing, non-playing president- o t e ompson senior soccer katchewan, started his mining career at Flin Flon, Mani- wife Christine and their family of five come to Canada and Inca in 1967 from Liverpool toba. He met Mary, a native of Ethelbert, Manitoba, and are comfortably settled in a smart new home at 95 Eider Bay. The youngsters are in Sudbury, where they were married in 1952. Their two Sorry, 3, Shirley, 15, an attractive high stepper with the Thompson Drum and Bugle daughters are Beverly, 14, and Debbie, 12. Corps majorettes, Hazel, 5, fan, 17, and Susan, 10. INCO J- 'CI&I'A `' FAMILY Representing Copper Cliff in this month's Triangle is the . Born in Crean Hill skip tender Cliff Corbiere and his wife Stella family of nickel reverb binman Karl Kudlar ALBUM , started had just completed a move from Whitefish to Willisville Germany, Karl came to Canada at the age of 2 when this family picture was taken.