Nicaro Nickel Company
Nicaro Nickel Company is a short film from 1944 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
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Release date | 1944 |
| Language | English |
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title: "War vital nickel for allied war weapons is today being wrested from a Cuban jungle. There, Nicaro Nickel Company turned a tropical wilderness into a great mining and metallurgical plant. Nicaro, subsidiary of Freeport Sulphur Company and acting for Defense Plant Corporation and Metals Reserve Company, built and operates the plant."
World War II taxed Inco's capacity and strained its relationship with the U.S. armed forces. Still mindful of its near collapse after World War I, Inco refused to stockpile the inventory desired by the armed forces, instead committing only to the timely delivery of critical metal. As an insurance policy, the U.S. government financed the creation of Nicaro Nickel Company in 1942, a Cuban venture under the direction of the Freeport Sulphur Company. Although Nicaro managed to produce some nickel, it never really got off the ground and was mothballed soon after the war. Its decline may have been hastened by Inco's price cuts on nickel oxides, Nicaro's specialty. The full extent of Inco's nickel monopoly was further suggested by the fact that, aside from the case of nickel oxide, its nickel price never varied between 1928 and 1946--an indication of complete freedom from the normal pressures of competition.