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Upon his retirement as President of the Nickel Institute on January 31st, Dr. Ivor Kirman told managers and staff that he’ll be following the successes of the Nickel Institute in the years to come. The sentiment was conveyed in much the same way that a father would wish his son or daughter well as he or she heads off to university or the workforce. After all, the Nickel Institute was created on Dr. Kirman’s watch.
During his five and a half years in office, Dr. Kirman brought together two associations to form one whose membership represents more than 90% of global primary nickel production. He did so at a time when demand for nickel was growing so rapidly that the supply side struggled to keep pace (though the influence that the Nickel Institute has on demand should not be exaggerated).
With the main battleground on the regulatory front currently being in Europe, Dr. Kirman orchestrated the formation of the European Nickel Industry Association (ENIA). Today that organization manages an important change -- from the comprehensive assessment of health and environmental risks of nickel by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency to the management of those risks in the workplace and elsewhere.
Dr. Kirman is departing at a time of transition. "We now have the makings of an industry which can work in a more intelligent way on an international basis," he said recently at an industry gathering. He went on to stress that the nickel industry has developed to the point where it is generating and communicating the knowledge that is necessary to meet the many challenges that lie ahead.
Stephen Barnett, Dr. Kirman’s successor, prefers to look ahead and then design processes that will get us to the desired endpoint. He likes to emphasize the contribution nickel and nickel-containing materials are making to sustainable energy production, sustainable food supply, and water treatment and distribution systems, especially in the booming economies of China, India and Brazil. After all, this is where nickel’s strengths lie.
Handovers to a new President of an industry association are always a time to rethink strategy. Starting with this issue, for example, Nickel Magazine will be adding content on the science of nickel and the sustainable business practices of companies that use, and re-use, nickel, whereas traditionally we have concentrated on the uses of nickel.
In May, we will publish a special issue on the uses of nickel in European industry, focusing on applications where nickel has no economic substitute. The goal is to draw attention to the valuable uses of nickel that society sometimes takes for granted.
Another of our projects over the coming years will be online streaming video presentations – the kind that
do not require the user to download a special piece of software in order to view. Our first venture into this
communication medium is available on the Nickel Institute website at:
www.nickelinstitute.org/magic-of-nickel
As always, we encourage and welcome your feedback on these and other efforts we make to communicate the
benefits of nickel and nickel-containing materials.
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