Nickel Mining and Processing: Everything you .
Although nickel is documented being used as far back as 3500 BC by Syrians who used a small amount and in 235 BC by the Chinese who minted coins from nickel, nickel mining itself is relatively new compared to other mined materials. Dating back to 17th century Germany, nickel was discovered in a redcolored ore that German miners believed was copper. When their analyzation revealed it to be ...