The price of cheap products of Chinese origin via the third country in the Japanese domestic market became a little bit higher than late March.

Nickel prices are soaring amid growing concern about the availability of supply from Indonesia and Russia, the top two producers of the metal.

Nickel production for the nine months ended March 2014 was broadly unchanged from the prior period, despite planned maintenance at both Cerro Matoso and the Nickel West Kwinana refinery in the March 2014 quarter.

INSG made a presentation of the world's nickel production volume as the primary product in the calendar year 2013 being 1.94 million tonnes which represented an increase of 10.9% versus 1.75 million tonnes of the result in the calendar year 2012.

Nickel prices have risen sharply in 2014 even as other industrial metals such as copper and iron ore have struggled. Indonesia's ban on nickel ore exports is the major reason behind the strong performance. More importantly, nickel prices could further strength...

Posco’s new chief executive says the next three years will be “very difficult” as he looks to turn round the South Korean steelmaker’s profitability amid a weak global steel industry.

Norilsk expects that the Indonesian decree banning the export of unprocessed ore, signed by the country’s President in January, will result in the current oversupply in the nickel market coming to an end.

BHP Billiton’s Eagle Ford production accelerated at the end of the first quarter of 2014. The company expects continued growth in U.S. onshore liquids production of approximately 75% for the year, with a priority focus on the Black Hawk region of the Eagle Fo...