ferronickel

[fer-oh-nik-uhl]

noun

1. a ferroalloy containing up to 45 percent nickel.

ferronickel

/ ˌfɛrəʊˈnɪkəl /

noun

1. an alloy of iron and nickel used in making nickel steels

Word History and Origins

Origin of ferronickel¹

ferro- + nickel

Example Sentences

Subsidiaries of TBP currently have a combined capacity of 305,000 tonnes per year ferronickel smelters and plan to add 12 more production lines.

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The victims were operating two dump trucks Thursday in the disposal area when they were engulfed by a wall of black sludge-like material, a type of soft gravel that is removed in ferronickel burning, said Dedy Kurniawan, a spokesperson for PT Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park, known as PT IMIP.

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However, most nickel investment so far have gone to production of crude metal such as nickel pig iron and ferronickel.

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Indonesia, one of China's biggest trading partners, is an important source of ferronickel, coal, copper and natural gas for the world's second-largest economy.

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It turns ore into ferronickel.

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