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Nickel

The price of nickel per metric tonne.

Latest value15,436.00US$ per mt
Observation date2026-10
Change, 1 year+2.3%from 15,092.00 on 2025-10
Change, 5 years-20.3%from 19,362.00 on 2021-10

Monthly average, delayed Observed 2026-10 · retrieved 2026-11-05 · Source: World Bank Commodity Price Data (Pink Sheet) · Not a live quote.

History

Nickel over time

Monthly observations. Use the period buttons to change the range; the table beneath the chart lists the values.

Nickel

US$ per mt. US dollars; monthly average.

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Latest values: Nickel 15,440 (2026-10).

Quotation convention. US dollars; monthly average.

What it measures

What this indicator is and why it is watched

What it measures

The price of nickel per metric tonne.

Why it is watched

Nickel is used in stainless steel and batteries; Canada is a producer.

Economic context

How it connects to the wider economy

Context, not a claim of cause.

No economy-wide context has been written for this series yet.

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Method and source

How the data are produced

Publisher
World Bank Commodity Price Data (Pink Sheet)
Dataset
Pink Sheet (monthly prices)
Frequency
Monthly
Unit
US$ per mt
Observations
442 (long history)
Retrieved
2026-11-05
Series id
gl13_nickel

Monthly average prices from the World Bank Commodity Price Data (Pink Sheet). They are monthly averages, not live or daily quotes, and are in US dollars.

Source: World Bank, Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet), Nickel, updated November 03, 2026. CC BY (version per the Bank licence page); no changes to values.

Licence conditions: see source terms: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/public-licenses; attribution required.

Missing observations are left missing and are never interpolated. Statistical agencies can revise published values; the observation date and retrieval date above identify the version shown. Methodology and sources.

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