This study investigates the research on nickel-cobalt-copper productive collaboration and intelligent decision-making technology for symbiotic coupling enterprises in the Gansu Province of China. The aim is to address the problems of low resource utilization efficiency, weak production collaboration, and an insufficient intelligent decision-making level in the nonferrous metallurgy industry. First, the present situation of nickel-cobalt-copper industry chain-level collaboration in the agglomeration area is analyzed extensively, and the corresponding problems are proposed. Second, the functional framework of productive collaboration and intelligent decision-making is presented from the industrial chain and industrial agent levels. In addition, the design methods of various balance strategies in the production collaboration within the industrial agent are provided. These can realise the daily balance of material, metal, and energy data in an individual industrial agent. Finally, with regard to intelligent decision-making at the industrial chain level, six key measures surrounding different themes are provided to support the implementation of productive collaboration and intelligent decision-making in the nonferrous metallurgy agglomeration area.