Nickel ore is shipped in enclosed containers at Western Areas NL's Tim King Pit open-cut nickel mine at Spotted Quoll, in Forrestania, Western Australia, on Thursday, June 10, 2010. Western Areas NL is an exploration company that is involved in the development of the Fox Nickel mine and the exploration of nickel sulfides, platinum group metals and gold. Photographer: Ron D'Raine/Bloomberg via Getty Images