Wahi a ka International Nickel Study Group (INSG), uaʻoi aku kaʻoihana nickel honua ma mua o 1.9 miliona metric tononi i 2013.ʻO ka nui o nā mea nui o ka honua he nui loa o ka makahiki i hala aku he 60% o kēia nui.
ʻO kaʻikepili ma lalo nei ua hōʻuluʻuluʻia mai ka hui pūnaewele a me ka hōʻike pūnaewele e loaʻa mai ana mai nā mea hana pūnaewele (e pili ana i nā huahana o nā hui waiwai 2013).
ʻO nā huahana hana no kēlā me kēia hui i hōʻikeʻia i ka hanaʻana i ka nickel i hoʻopiliʻia, hiki ke loaʻa ma kahi o ka inoa o ka hui a hōʻikeʻia i kilotonnes (kt).
Nota: 1kt e like ana i 1,000 tononi metric.
01 MMC Norilsk Nickel - 285kt
ʻO Norilsk Nickel ka mea hana nui loa o ka nickel a me ka palladium a me kekahi o nā mea nui loa o ka platinum a me ke keleawe . ʻO Norilsk Nickelʻo ka papahana hana Russianʻo ia ka Polar Division a me ka Kola Mineing and Metallurgical Company.
02 Vale SA - 260kt
ʻO Vale ka pūʻuluʻoi aku ma kaʻoihana nui loa ma ka honua aʻo ka hui nui loa i Latin America. Honolulu, a ma kaʻoihana i loko o nā aupuni he 38, hiki i kēia wā ke hoʻohana i kahi 126,000 mau kānaka, e like me nā limahana a me nā mea hana. ʻO Vale SA kahi alakaʻi honua ma ka hao hao a me ka mea hana nui nickel.
03 BHP Billiton Ltd. - 154kt
ʻO BHP Billiton kekahi o nāʻoihanaʻoihanaʻoihana nui loa a me nāʻoihana waiwai pū me nā kānaka 100,000 ma kahi o 25 mau aupuni. ʻO nā kumukūʻai nickel nui ka pūpū Cerro Matoso ma ka'ākau o Colombia, a me ka hana o Nickel West a me Worsley ma'Austania.
04 Jinchuan Group Ltd. - 127MT
ʻO ka Jinchuan Group ka mea hana nui loa i ka nickel, ka cobalt a me ka metalluma pūʻulu , a me ke kolu o ka mea kālaihana keleawe. He hana kaʻoihana o Gansu ma 24 mau wahi o ka honua a ua kūʻai nuiʻia he 151 billion yuan (24.69 piliona kālāʻAmelika) i ka makahiki 2013.
05 Maanei Plc - 98.4MT
ʻO Xstrata Plc (Xstrata) he mea hana nui ma waena o ka honua a me ka metallum hui hui. Me nā kālā nui o ka $ 30.5 biliona (2010) a me kaʻoi aku o ke kaukani he 70,000,ʻo Xstrata kekahi o nā metale nui loa o ka honua.
06 Sherritt International Corp. - 58kt
ʻO Sherrittʻo Canada ka mea alakaʻi honua ma ka hanaʻana me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻeʻana i ka nickel mai nā makahiki o hope mai me nā papahana a me nā hana ma Canada, Cuba, Indonesia, a me Madagascar. Hoʻokomoʻiaʻo Sherritt i kahi hui hui 50/50 (ka Moa Hui Hoʻohui Moa) me General Nickel Company SA ma Cuba aʻo ia ka meahana papahana o ka huiʻo Ambatovy nickel me Sumitomo a me Korea Resources ma Madagascar.
07 Eramet SA - 56kt
Heʻenehana French a me ka hui kaiaulu e lawelawe ana ma kahi o 14,000 mau limahana a he mau hana ma 20 mau'āina ma nā papa'āinaʻelima. Heʻekolu māhele o'Eramet i nā huahana nui; Nickel, manganese, a me nā mea aloha. Hanaʻia ka nickel mining a me ka hoʻouluʻana ma New Caledonia, Indonesia, a me Palani.
08 Hui Pūʻulu Hoʻokū Kanui - 50kt
ʻO Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. (SMM) he lālā o ka hui Sumitomo, kahi o nā keletsu nui loa o Iapana, aiʻole nāʻoihanaʻoihana. ʻO SMM kahi mea puhi nui a me ka mea puhi i ke keleawe, ka nickel, a me ke gula ma Iapana, a ua hoʻokomoʻia i nā mines nickel a me nā mea puhi ma Philippines, Indonesia, a me New Caledonia. ʻO ka waiwai nui o nā hui nui o ka hui e komo pū anaʻo Niihama Nickel Refinery (nickel) ma'Ehime Prefecture, Iapana a he 27.5 pakeneka kuleana'āina ma ka Ambatovy Project ma Madagascar.
09 Anglo Hawaiian Plc - 34kt
ʻOʻAmelikaʻAmelika kekahi mea hana nui o ka platinum, nā lelani, ka lanahu, ke keleawe, ka hao hao, a me ka nickel. ʻO nāʻoihana nickel o ka hui o London e hoʻokumuʻia nei ma Brazil a me Venezuela. I ka makahiki 2010,ʻo ka nui o nā kālā a Anglo American i loaʻa mai i ka kūʻaiʻana i nā nickel e pili ana i kahi US $ 426 miliona.
10 Minara Resources Ltd. - 30kt
ʻO ka mea nui a Glencore International,ʻo Minara Resources kekahi o nā meaʻoihana nickel nui o Australia. Ke hana neiʻo Minaraʻo Milana i ka hana minimina a me ka hoʻolālāʻana i ke Murrin Murrin, aʻoi aku kaʻoihanaʻoihana 1,000 aʻoihana hana.