NIC - General discussion, page-798

Reading between the lines, Im fairly sure JW understands that this is all fluff. What is really going on is that nickel is struggling so if there is an opportunity to spin a line then people like twiggy will milk it for all its worth. After all a "green premium" will only help him in his nickel ventures.

If industry was serious about green premiums or product with formalised ESG credentials then we'd also see bifurcation of lithium markets (as another example). Lithium derived from hard rock spodumene is less intensive than lepidolite. But no one gives a shht about this, they just want lithium units and there is zero appetite for premiums. If lithium is critical to the 'transition' what hope has nickel got when its more of an industrialised metal. The answer is none.

Having said all this NIC is on the front foot with gold standard mining practises, solar, electric trucks, HPAL and slurry pipelines to name a few. If it becomes an issue in the future we are on the front foot.