Nickel metal and nickel sulphates used in new energy technologies like batteries are produced upstream through two major ore types, sulphates and laterites. The latter of which carries significant environmental concerns when processed into battery-grade nickel using an increasingly widespread technology. Nickel sulphate ores have previously been the primary source of refined nickel due to the ease of manufacturing and the previous abundance of medium to high-grade deposits. Years of mining these deposits have meant that nickel sulphate ore deposits no longer yield the same output as they once did, leading to miners looking at alternate nickel-bearing ore deposits. Nickel laterite ores bear this niche quite well when producing for the stainless-steel industry, but the relatively low purity nickel produced…