Nickel mixed hydroxide precipitate, outright price, fob Indonesia, $/tonne

Fastmarkets has amended the frequency of its MB-NI-0246 Nickel sulfate, cif Japan and Korea, and MB-NI-0247 Nickel sulfate premium, cif Japan and Korea assessments to fortnightly from weekly, effective Friday June 26.

Fastmarkets has launched two monthly price assessments covering the solar photovoltaic (PV) module market and battery energy storage (BESS) cell market in China on Friday June 26, 2026.

Shin-Etsu Chemical, one of Japan’s largest manufacturers of rare earth magnets, plans to build a new domestic rare earths refinery in Fukui, Japan, as first reported by Nikkei Asia.