Advertisement 2 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Canada Nickel Company Inc. received the federal government’s approval for its Crawford Nickel Project, located about 42 kilometres north of Timmins. Try refreshing your browser, or Ottawa approves Timmins nickel mine that could be western world's largest Back to video We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Play VideoArticle content “Nickel is one of those commodities that China has been able to garner significant influence,” said Mark Selby, chief executive of Canada Nickel. Please try againArticle contentAdvertisement 3 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.