US investment bank Goldman Sachs said the refined nickel market has shifted from a major surplus in 2013 to a much smaller surplus in 2014, according to a research note Thursday, adding that prices are likely to continue to rally into 2015.

The nickel market enjoyed a bull run in the first quarter of this year following the Indonesian government’s hefty export tax on nickel ore exports resulting in a defacto ban. Overnight almost a third of global supply disappeared from the market and although ...

South Korean steel giant Posco announced to cut its domestic prices for austenitic stainless coils by 100,000 won/ton for August due to weak market conditions during summer holiday, in spite of higher nickel prices.

Fitch also raised Norilsk Nickel’s short-term foreign currency IDR to F3 from B and senior unsecured foreign currency rating to BBB-from BB+.

It is reported that Russia’s MMC Norilsk Nickel said that the company has entered into an agreement to sell its Black Swan/ Silver Swan assets located in Western Australia.

France's Eramet sees a global nickel deficit in 2015-2017 if Indonesia strictly adheres to its policy of banning exports of unprocessed nickel, Bertrand Madelin, CEO of Eramet Nickel said.

uth Korean steelmaker POSCO said in a statement on Tuesday it has slashed its monthly stainless steel prices for July by 200,000 Korean won ($200) a tonne to reflect easing nickel prices, swinging back to price levels from a month earlier.

White Cliff Minerals (ASX:WCN) has identified a new high tenor nickel in soil anomaly at its Merolia Nickel and Copper project in Western Australia’s Laverton region, which should see the share price lift.