How Indonesia cornered the nickel market

How Indonesia cornered the nickel market

Indonesia’s ban on exports of raw nickel has transformed the critical metal’s supply chain

CVMR’s Michael Hargett: Rewiring U.S. Mineral Security Through Modular Nickel Refining

“The United States is buying metal it hasn’t even mined yet,” warned Michael Hargett, president of CVMR (USA), as he sketched a supply chain stretched thin by import dependence and policy uncertainty. In an interview with InvestorNews host Tracy Hughes, Mr. Hargett explained that CVMR—best known for its proprietary Chemical Vapour Metal Refining technology—has built “modular systems that go down to as small as 2,000 tons per year,” giving produc…