Jinchuan group chairperson Yang Zhiqiang speaks during an interview in Hong Kong this month. Yang said the price of nickel would rise as a result of China’s focus on environmental protection, which would force more than half of the nation’s nickel pig-iron makers to stop production. Nickel pig-iron production is a target in China’s self-declared war on pollution. In South Africa, the Jinchuan group is a major shareholder and funder of the Wesizwe platinum project on the western limb of the Bushveld Complex.