Nickel was first identified back in the 1700s and was called kupfernickel, because it was found in a rock which had some resemblance like the copper ore. The miners have once thought that it is nothing like nickel, thinking that such elements makes it hard for them to get hold of extract copper from the rocks. They didn’t know that nickely would be become the most important industrial metals.

Nickel was first identified back in the 1700s and was called kupfernickel, because it was found in a rock which had some resemblance like the copper ore. The miners have once thought that it is nothing like nickel, thinking that such elements makes it hard for them to get hold of extract copper from the rocks. They didn’t know that nickely would be become the most important industrial metals.