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Geology and Environmental Impact: Ni Mining in South Africa

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What is the primary reason for nickel being an important metal?

Its essential role in making stainless steel (correct)

Its contribution to CO2 emissions in mining

Its use in batteries for electric cars

Its common occurrence in magmatic intrusion deposits

Which mining company is associated with the Sudbury deposit in Canada?

Anglo-American

BHP Billiton

Nornickel

Vale Inco (correct)

What has caused an increase in demand and prices for nickel?

Its essential role in batteries for electric cars (correct)

Discovery of more world-class nickel deposits

Decrease in the use of nickel in stainless steel production

Use of nickel in the production of CO2-emitting energy sources

Which type of Ni deposits forms by the long-term alteration of Ni-rich rocks?

<p>Laterite deposits</p> Signup and view all the answers

What contributes 15-25% of CO2 emissions in mining?

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Geology and Environmental Impact: Ni Mining in South Africa

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Questions and Answers

What is the primary reason for nickel being an important metal?

Which mining company is associated with the Sudbury deposit in Canada?

What has caused an increase in demand and prices for nickel?

Which type of Ni deposits forms by the long-term alteration of Ni-rich rocks?

What contributes 15-25% of CO2 emissions in mining?

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