AMAX NICKEL REFINERY PORT NICKEL LOUISIANA 80 MILLION POUNDS COPPER COBALT MEDAL

Description

This vintage 37.5mm Medal
acknowledges
AMAX NICKEL REFINERY, PORT NICKEL, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.
with annual projected production of
80 MILLION POUNDS OF  COPPER
as well as
COPPER, COBALT, AMMONIUM SULPHATE.
This is
PURE NICKEL AND LIGHTLY CIRCULATED.
The operation of the nickel refining plant of Port Nickel of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., is described.
Operating since 1974, annual production is scheduled at 80 million lb of pure nickel, 50 million lb of copper, 1 million lb of cobalt, and 100,000 tons of ammonium sulphate. The ore is shipped to Amax as either copper-nickel matte from Botswana, Africa, or as nickel matte from New Caledonia. At Port Nickel the ore is further processed by mainly hydrometallurgical processes including pressure leaching, atmospheric leaching, ion exchange, and electrowinning to produce copper, nickel, and cobalt metals.