The downtrend in China’s nickel pig iron (NPI) prices resumed in the week to Friday December 8 after pausing the preceding week, with the market still facing oversupply and slow demand from the stainless steel sector

Fastmarkets has launched daily inferred prices for black mass in South Korea and Europe, starting on Friday December 8.

The US Department of Treasury has released its definition of a Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) for the purposes of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – and there are big implications for nickel.

Nearly 18 months since the first nickel-related lawsuit was filed against it in the English High Court, the London Metal Exchange has been cleared on all grounds and the charges against it dismissed.

Western Australia (WA), Australia’s largest state, will evaluate the possibility of developing cathode active materials (CAM) production once precursor CAM (pCAM) output is up and running, Bill Johnston, the state’s Minister of Mines and Petroleum, told Fastmarkets

Fastmarkets presents the key discussion topics across the battery raw materials sector ahead of Fastmarkets’ China Battery Raw Materials conference taking place in Shanghai on December 6-7

Zinc producer Korea Zinc has entered into a $140 million investment agreement with Trafigura to build an “all-in-one” nickel refinery, it said on Friday November 17

Fastmarkets launches MB-NIO-0005 Nickel mixed hydroxide precipitate, outright price, fob Indonesia, $/tonne on Friday October 27.

After an extended consultation period, Fastmarkets has amended the frequency of its MB-NIO-0003 nickel mixed hydroxide precipitate outright price, cif China, Japan, and South Korea and MB-NIO-0004 nickel mixed hydroxide precipitate payable indicator, % London Metal Exchange, cif China, Japan, and South Korea from once per week to daily

Fastmarkets launches MB-FEN-0005 Nickel pig iron, 10-14% ni content, fob Indonesia, $/nickel unit on Friday October 27.