Indonesia is courting Tesla Inc to invest in the country, which has become a key player in the electric vehicle industrythanks to its rich nickel reserves.

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"Pretty much everyone accepts the current level [of premiums] is the new reality", a trader said.

This has been a year of crisis for the nickel market.

Australian resources firm IGO has resumed mining and processing nickel following a 3 December fire at its Nova operation in Western Australia (WA).

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Redwood Material has signed a deal to supply Japanese battery maker Panasonic with high-nickel content cathode materials for the a planned Kansas plant according to Redwood.

Fastmarkets sources continued to insist that prices were in parity, as rare as the phenomenon is.