International Nickel Co. - 1900's dated Stock Certificate

Stock printed by American Bank Note Company, New York. Available in Red, Green, Brown, Blue, Olive. Please specify color. In 1902 the International Nickel Company was incorporated in the State of New Jersey through the amalgamation of Canadian Copper, the Orford Copper Company, the Société Minière Caledonienne and others. When it was created, the International Nickel Company was the world’s dominant nickel producer and refiner. it became the primary catalyst in the expanding use of nickel. Alloys of nickel and steel, which possess special properties of strength and toughness, were gradually used in the manufacture of automobiles, buses, railway locomotives, trucks, and agricultural, mining, and construction equipment. Earlier, of course, nickel was used for coinage. Initially, however, when International Nickel came into being the use of nickel alloys for military purposes provided the primary market.

In September 1915, the Government of Ontario appointed a Commission to inquire into the “resources, industries and capacities, both present and future ... in connection with nickel and its ores.” In its report the Commission noted that, given the extent of Ontario’s nickel deposits, Ontario possessed the most extensive, high quality nickel deposits known to exist anywhere in the world. It also noted that the refining of nickel could be successfully carried out in Ontario. The International Nickel Company had indicated a year earlier that this would be done. In July 1916, The International Nickel Company of Canada Limited (INCO) was incorporated. Control of all mining, smelting and refining processes of the International Nickel Company registered in New Jersey, were transferred to the new Canadian company.

Vale Canada Limited (formerly Vale Inco, CVRD Inco and Inco Limited; for corporate branding purposes simply known as "Vale" and pronounced /ˈvɑːleɪ/ in English) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Brazilian mining company Vale. Vale's nickel mining and metals division is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It produces nickel, copper, cobalt, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, gold, and silver. Prior to being purchased by CVRD (now Vale) in 2006, Inco was the world's second largest producer of nickel, and the third largest mining company outside South Africa and Russia of platinum group metals. It was also a charter member of the 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average formed on October 1, 1928. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vale_Canada

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