The carbon footprint of finished nickel produced at Vale's Long Harbour processing plant, in the Canadian eastern Newfoundland and Labrador province, has been certified to be significantly below the global average, the Brazilian company said on Monday November 1.
This grants Vale an advantage in supplying North American and European markets with low-carbon nickel for the next generation of electric vehicles, it added.According to the company, British certification company Intertek Group calculated Long Harbour's emissions at 4.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per tonne of nickel produced in 2020. This compares with an average 13 tonnes of...