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Vale in the UK
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.

Photographer: Marcelo Coelho
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%.

Photographer: Marcelo Coelho
In addition to operations
Respect for the environment: Our remediation work, coupled with good water quality in the Tawe river and 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. On site, we also have an algae farm, a collaboration with Swansea University’s RICE (Reducing Industrial Carbon Emissions) Group. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the nickel refining process are being captured and used to grow algae.
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.

Fotógrafo: Marcelo Coelho

