“The expansion of the global unwrought nickel industry is forecast to reach 3.0% p.a. in the coming years. Between 2007 and 2013 the market increased with an average annual growth of 0.7%. Currently, not alloyed unwrought nickel accounts for 93.7% of the global demand while alloyed unwrought nickel has a 6.3% share of the market.
China, Germany, India, Russia and the United States represent the largest unwrought nickel markets while the strongest annual growth is forecast to occur in Macedonia (22.2%), Sri Lanka (21.0%), Armenia (20.8%), Turkey (19.9%) and Finland (18.9%). “
