Mond Nickel Company
The Mond Nickel Company Limited was a
The first of Mond's Canadian mining properties located in Denison Township, was purchased from
Around the same time, Mond purchased a second mining location from Rinaldo McConnell called the
In 1911 the Mond company began construction of a new
By 1928
As one result of the merger, the
In 1936, a research facility was opened in Birmingham.[1]
In 1961, the name of the company was changed to International Nickel Company (Mond) Ltd.[1]
In 2006, INCO was purchased outright by the Brazilian metals company CVRD (Companhia Vale do Rio Doce), now renamed Vale S.A.
Clydach works
To process the output of the Canadian-based mines, in 1902 Mond established a nickel refinery and works at Clydach, near Swansea, Wales.[1] "The Mond" as it is known locally is the last nonferrous works in the Swansea valley, occupying land between the canal and the River Tawe. Ownership passed to INCO in 1928, and the company's successor Vale S.A. still operates the plant today.[5]
During
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Mond Nickel Co". Grace's Guide Ltd. 3 February 2020.
- ^ Annual Report on the Mineral Production of Canada. Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1932. p. 88.
- ^ "Word Mark : INCONEL". United States Patent and Trademark Office. Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS).
- ^ Monel, Inconel, Nickel, and Nickel Alloys. Development and Research Division: International Nickel Company. 1947.
- ^ "Mond Nickel Works, Clydach, Swansea". Coflein. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Gethin Matthews (2 July 2014). "World War One at Home: The cost of nickel". BBC. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "World War One: MP Sir Alfred Mond and anti-German abuse". BBC News. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Neil Prior (6 August 2015). "Swansea factory's role in Hiroshima atom bomb invention". BBC News. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
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