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Founded at the turn of the 20th century, Vale’s Clydach Nickel Refinery began operations in 1902 and since then has been responsible for refining nickel oxide produced by our mines in Indonesia and Canada.
Where are we located?
Vale’s Clydach Nickel Refinery is located in Wales, specifically in Clydach, a charming village in the city and county of Swansea.
Located approximately 10 km northeast of Swansea’s downtown, the village (population 8,000) has a Co-op grocery store, post office, cafes and more. The Refinery, which is situated in the village, is encircled by a woodland with River Tawe and Swansea Canal hugging the property on either side. Inside this naturalized boundary is a grassy area the size of 10 football fields, which we planted to remediate a former production and warehousing facility.
Photo: Vale's Archive
What do we do?
Vale’s Clydach Nickel Refinery produces refined nickel in the form of powders and pellets, from nickel oxide produced by Vale's intermediaries. The resulting nickel products are of the highest purity, reaching 99.9%.
Photo: Vale's Archive
Photo: Vale's Archive
In addition to operations
Respect for the environment: Our remediation work, coupled with good water quality in the River Tawe and Swansea Canal, which hug our property, has earned us recognition by Natural Resources Wales (NRW), a governing body that sets and inspects the parameters by which we operate. Further, to continuously improve environmental performance whilst meeting our business objectives, we operate to the internationally recognised, best-in-class standard ISO 14001. Every year, we are audited by an external third party to ensure we are meeting the standard, and always striving to do better.
Photo: Vale's Archive
The project aims to demonstrate that industrially derived C02 can be captured and rerouted for growing algae, which in turn produces high-value products in the form of protein and pigments.
Photo: Eira Rowe
Photo: Vale's archive
Photo: Men's Shed