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Nickel’s slump gives scope for upside in 2020

Following the recent correction in the nickel price, we now think there is room for it to rise next year. We expect a large loss of supply and a recovery in demand to yield a deeper market deficit, forcing drawdowns in both reported and unreported inventories. As a result, we forecast that the price of nickel will increase by around a tenth by end-2020.

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