"In the approximately twenty years that separated two World Wars, the character of Inco's business had changed. No longer was it a company depending largely upon armament, plating and coinage. It was a company whose activities were directed at supplying the commercial demand, and developing new demands, for nickel, copper and other metals.

It was a period in which it had strengthened its position of being the largest producer of nickel in the world as well as a period in which it had become one of the largest producers of copper, and of platinum metals..."