Nickel cobalt is a strategic and critical metal used in many diverse commercial, industrial, and military applications. The largest use of cobalt in the aerospace industry is to make parts for gas turbine aircraft engines. This group of materials, Nickel Alloys, Cobalt Alloys, Special Alloys and Super Alloys is primarily used in extremely high temperature and/or corrosive environments, such as jet engines, power generation applications, chemical plants, and oil rigs. QN Cobalt was developed by Queensland Nickel to provide customers with a purified cobalt feedstock for the production of cobalt chemicals where it can be substituted for cobalt metal.
Nickel-based Superalloys have been developed for very high temperature applications where relatively high stresses are encountered and where high surface stability is frequently required. Typically, nickel alloys or cobalt alloys are used in environments where the use temperatures are in access of 1000 degrees F.
The Murrin Murrin nickel-cobalt project, 60km east of Leonora, was commissioned by Anaconda Nickel Ltd. The project is now a joint venture between Murrin Murrin Holdings Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Minara Resources Ltd (60%), and Glenmurrin Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Glencore International AG (40%).
Nickel cobalt is the fifth most common element on planet Earth. All nickel was formed billions of years ago in supernova explosions, the only place in nature where the temperature and pressure conditions were sufficient for the nickel atom to form.
Due to their chemical compositions, materials tend to be quite expensive, with long lead times from the mills. Steel service centers tend not carry large inventories of expensive materials, sometimes making it difficult to obtain, particularly in immediate repair situations.
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