Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale for its MB-NIO-0004 Nickel mixed hydroxide precipitate payable indicator, % London Metal Exchange, cif China, Japan and South Korea that was published incorrectly on Wednesday February 26. The rationale mistakenly stated that the nickel mixed hydroxide precipitate payable indicator was unchanged on February 26 when it had widened upward. The […]

The update can be found here or on the Fastmarkets platform via a search of the report’s headline.

Nickel matte is a raw material used to produce nickel sulfate, along with mixed hydroxide precipitate and nickel briquette, feeding into the battery sector. With the commission of new class-1 nickel projects in China and Indonesia, nickel matte is also widely used to make nickel full plate cathodes. We have been seeing a boom in […]

Robert Yildirim aims to make CoreX a top 50 mining giant, expanding in nickel, chrome and renewables.

Fastmarkets has amended the name of the price assessment for nickel ore 1.8% basis 15-20% Fe water content: 30-35% Si:Mg ratio<2 lot size 50,000 tonnes, cif China. The name of the price has been shortened to nickel ore with 1.8% nickel content, cif China to enhance its readability and alignment with other Fastmarkets nickel ore […]

Read Fastmarkets' monthly battery raw materials market update for February 2025, focusing on raw materials including lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and more

The amendment to the name of the price assessment for nickel ore 1.8% basis 15-20% Fe water content: 30-35% Si:Mg ratio<2 lot size 50,000 tonnes, cif China has been delayed following a reporter error. Fastmarkets decided to amend the name of the price assessment, shortening it to nickel ore with 1.8% nickel content, following a […]

Navigating LME nickel: A cautious optimism amid bearish sentiment

The weaponization of critical minerals supplies due to trade tensions could lead to the kind of emergency that would provide the push that the US needs to develop its metals and mining sector, the chief executive officer of Alaska Energy Metals has said.

Fastmarkets proposes to discontinue its MB-NI-0141 nickel min 99.8% warrant premium, in-whs North Europe, price assessment.