Inco Limited (TSX: N (http://www.tse.com/HttpController?GetPage=QuotesViewPage&QuoteSymbol_1=N)) (NYSE: N (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=N)) is a Canadian mining and metals company, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. It is the world's second largest producer of nickel, and its third largest Nickel mining company outside South Africa and Russia of platinum-group metals. A charter member of the newly expanded 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average (October 1, 1928), Inco was replaced by Boeing in 1987. The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) is Canadas largest stock exchange, and the division of the TSX Group that holds senior equities. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is the second largest stock exchange in the world. ... The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein, or (coal) seam. ... In chemistry, a metal (Greek: Metallon) is an element that readily forms ions (cations) and has metallic bonds, and it is sometimes said that it is similar to a cation in a cloud of electrons. ... Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ... General Name, Symbol, Number nickel, Ni, 28 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10 , 4, d Density, Hardness 8908 kg/m³, 4. ... The platinum group or platinum family is a group of six metal elements with similar physical and chemical properties. ... The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is one of several stock market indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company founder Charles Dow. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Boeing Company ( NYSE: BA) is a leading American aircraft and aerospace manufacturer, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with its largest production facilities in Everett, Washington, near Seattle, Washington. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The International Nickel Company was founded in New Jersey, USA, in 1902 through the merger of Canadian Copper, the Orford Copper Company, the Société Minière Caledonienne, and others. Control was transferred to the International Nickel Company of Canada, Ltd., upon its founding in 1916. The International Nickel Company of Canada, Ltd., first began using the trade name Inco in 1919. State nickname: The Garden State Other U.S. States Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Governor Richard Codey (acting) Official languages None defined Area 22,608 km² (47th)  - Land 19,231 km²  - Water 3,378 km² (14. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Inco began with the Canadian Copper Company following the discovery of copper deposits in Sudbury, Ontario. Initially, ore was shipped for smelting to a plant in Constable Hook, New Jersey owned by the Orford Copper Company. Processing soon revealed that the ore was also rich in nickel and exploration tests revealed an enormous potential. In 1902 the International Nickel created as a joint venture between Canadian Copper and Orford Copper. In 1916, the International Nickel Company of Canada was incorporated as the operating company in Copper Cliff near Sudbury, and in 1918 the company built a new refinery in Port Colborne, Ontario. Greater Sudbury (2001 census population 155,219) is a city in Northern Ontario. ... Copper Cliff is a community in the Canadian city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario. ... Categories: Stub | Cities in Ontario | Coastal towns of Canada ...

In 1929 the corporation underwent a major expansion by absorbing the British owned Mond Nickel Co. Head office was established in Toronto, Ontario and in 1976, the company’s name was officially changed to Inco Limited. Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ...

Currently, Inco has operations in twenty countries around the world including the Goro Nickel project area in New Caledonia and the Voisey's Bay nickel-copper-cobalt deposits in Newfoundland and Labrador Motto: Quaerite Primum Regnum Dei (Seek ye first the kingdom of God) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital St. ...

In order to generate cash Inco sold its manufacturing sites of Nickel alloys to Special Metals Corporation in 1998. Special Metals Corporation however filed Chapter 11 in March 2002. Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code governs the process of reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. ...

In addition to nickel, Inco produces copper, cobalt, platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, gold, and silver. General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 , 4, d Density, Hardness 8920 kg/m3, 3. ... General Name, Symbol, Number cobalt, Co, 27 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 9 , 4, d Density, Hardness 8. ... Platinum is also a certification by the RIAA and other world recording industries, see: RIAA certification General Name, Symbol, Number Platinum, Pt, 78 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10 , 6, d Density, Hardness 21. ... This article describes the chemical element palladium. ... General Name, Symbol, Number rhodium, Rh, 45 Chemical series Transition metals Group, Period, Block 9, 5 , d Density, Hardness 12450 kg/m3, 6 Appearance Silvery white metallic Atomic properties Atomic weight 102. ... General Name, Symbol, Number ruthenium, Ru, 44 Chemical series Transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 5, d Density, Hardness 12370 kg/m3, 6. ... General Name, Symbol, Number Iridium, Ir, 77 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 9, 6, d Density, Hardness 22650 kg/m3, 6. ... General Name, Symbol, Number Gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 (IB), 6, d Density, Hardness 19. ... General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series Transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Density, Hardness 10490 kg/m3, 2. ...

External links

• Inco Limited (http://www.inco.ca/)