Gold ₹16,337.59/g ▼ -0.55% Silver ₹244.96/g ▼ -0.85% Platinum ₹5,798.33/g ▲ +0.14% Palladium ₹4,193.40/g ▼ -0.23% Rhodium ₹24,703.20/g ▼ -0.01% Copper ₹1,268.64/kg ▼ -0.15% Aluminium ₹280.52/kg ▼ -0.08% Cobalt ₹4,914.84/kg ▼ -0.01% Gallium ₹23,444.38/kg ▲ +0.00% Indium ₹69,488.87/kg ▲ +0.00% Iron Ore ₹8.31/kg ▼ -0.01% Lead ₹167.16/kg ▼ -0.01% Lithium ₹2,084.66/kg ▲ +0.00% Molybdenum ₹8,085.39/kg ▲ +0.00% Nickel ₹1,482.22/kg ▲ +0.00% Neodymium ₹12,371.60/kg ▲ +0.00% Tin ₹4,879.35/kg ▼ -0.01% Tellurium ₹10,455.80/kg ▲ +0.00% Uranium ₹16,852.67/kg ▼ -0.01% Zinc ₹332.88/kg ▼ -0.31% Crude Oil (Brent) ₹8,839.68/bbl ▲ +0.11% Crude Oil (WTI) ₹8,163.78/bbl ▲ +0.42% Gasoline ₹313.34/gal ▲ +0.80% Natural Gas ₹265.83/MMBtu ▲ +0.18%

Nickel Days & Observances

Industrial Metals · ₹1,482.22/kg today (+0.94% / 7d) · Live chart →

Every Nickel-related date MetalsCost tracks, each clearly labeled Official, Industry, or MetalsCost Editorial — never presented as more official than it actually is.

1 Official 1 Editorial
SymbolNi
Atomic Number28
CategoryTransition Metal

Nickel Observances

Official Tuesday, January 26, 2027 In 154 days

International Day of Clean Energy

The UN's International Day of Clean Energy isn't nickel-specific, but nickel-rich cathode chemistries are an increasingly important part of the EV battery supply chain alongside nickel's older, larger role in stainless steel.

Source: United Nations General Assembly (Resolution A/77/327) · Global (UN member states)
Tracked on MetalsCost since 2023 Add to calendar
MetalsCost Editorial Tuesday, February 9, 2027 In 168 days

MetalsCost Nickel Day

MetalsCost marks February 9 for nickel — the date Axel Fredrik Cronstedt formally announced his discovery to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1754.

MetalsCost Editorial Day — not an official international or industry observance. This date is chosen to mark a real, documented event: Axel Fredrik Cronstedt announced his discovery of nickel to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on February 9, 1754 (source).
Tracked on MetalsCost since 2026 Add to calendar

Why Nickel Matters

Still mostly a stainless-steel metal, despite years of headlines making it sound like it belongs entirely to the EV battery story — and the metal behind one of the most chaotic single weeks any exchange on this site has seen.

Quick Fact

Indonesia's rapid rise as a nickel producer and processor over the past decade has reshaped global supply more than almost any other single-country shift in this dataset — despite Indonesia not being one of this site's 22 tracked countries.

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Frequently Asked Questions

MetalsCost tracks 2 Nickel-related observances: International Day of Clean Energy, MetalsCost Nickel Day.

Some are. Each entry on this page is explicitly labeled Official, Industry, or MetalsCost Editorial — only the first two are backed by a named external organization, with a source link. Editorial entries are clearly marked as MetalsCost's own content-calendar choice, never presented as a real observance.

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