price of nickel. Today - Stock market quotes online
The current stock exchange price of nickel is visible on the chart - the official data of the London Metal Exchange. The cost is presented in us dollars per ton (1 ton = 1000 kg).
Nickel is a metal silver-yellow, with significant plasticity, very low heat conductivity and not defeated exposed to air and moisture; immediately covered with a film of oxide, which prevents its further destruction (corrosion resistant). Is well polished and forging.
Application
Is used as a basic material in connection with other metals, for example, in the mix of Nickel with steel receive stainless steel, giving the last useful Nickel properties. Other metals covered with Nickel for protection against corrosion and make them attractive appearance (the process is called Nickel plating), apart from that, these alloys have resistance to high-temperature influences.
World production and consumption
Production of nickel are more than 20 countries of the world, the largest of which are Russia (18,8%), Canada (15.8 per cent), Australia (11,5%), Indonesia (10,2%), New Caledonia (7%), Colombia (6,4%), the remaining share (30,3%) accounts for the extraction of other countries.
the price of nickel directly affects the value of the global companies on extraction of the raw materials. The largest of them are: MMC Norilsk Nickel (Russia), Canadian Vale and Australian BHP Billiton Group, Swiss Xstrata plc, the Indonesian PT Antam Tbk, новокаледонская Le Nickel-SLN, China's Jinchuan Ltd., French, Eramet, etc. The main consumers of raw material are the following regions of the world: The European Union, Japan, USA, China, Taiwan, South Korea, South Africa, the Russian Federation, etc.
the price of nickel - how to invest in the metal
the price of nickel is fixed on an international stock exchange LME, where you can also buy a deliverable futures on the raw materials. In Russia such a contract is not, therefore, the most appropriate way to invest in this metal is to buy the shares of the mining company, Norilsk Nickel.
