Supply Chain: Upstream and Midstream
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Latest Trends in the Nickel and Cobalt Industry Governments are intervening to help support the price and value of their national resource and industry
Congo (DRC) banned Co exports in 2025 and will introduce an export quota system
Co prices have surged, the supply-demand balance is tighter, and stocks are at critical levels
Ni market remains in oversupply
Indonesian government is gradually tightening supply, mandating higher‐value products, requiring annual approvals, and scrutinising tailings management
p/CAM producers scrambling to secure long-term Co contracts with non-DRC-dependent suppliers (those with integrated Indonesian Ni-Co resources)
Ternary p/CAM production has rebounded, ending a multi-year stagnation in [battery] nickel consumption
The move to medium-nickel high-voltage NMC chemistries has dampened Ni and Co demand
LCO battery capacities becoming larger in new electronic devices, but offset by rising voltages
Integrated producers have ramped up sulphate-to-nickel cathode (non-battery) conversion, using surplus Ni supply that the battery industry cannot absorb
Rising national defence spending is boosting Co metal demand
Rising sulphuric acid costs putting pressure on Ni HPAL, but offset by stronger Co payables
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