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Nickel: producers, reserves and mines

Who produces nickel, how concentrated supply is, where it is mined, and how its price has moved. Production is t Ni content.

World production
3,710,000
t Ni content, latest USGS table
Top 3 share
77%
of world mine production
World reserves
Not shown
table could not be matched
Mapped mines
1,037
64 countries
Price
16,324
$/mt · 8% vs a year ago · 2026-09

Price, last ten years

Nickel, $/mt, monthly. Source: World Bank Commodity Price Data (Pink Sheet).

Production and reserves by country

#CountryProduction (t Ni content)Share of worldReserves shareMapped sites
1Indonesia2,310,00062.3%No data19
2Philippines354,0009.5%No data37
3Russia205,0005.5%No data55
4Canada125,0003.4%No data243
5New Caledonia116,0003.1%No data6
6China115,0003.1%No data16
7Australia98,0002.6%No data164
8Brazil67,5001.8%No data34
9United States of America7,4900.2%No data55

Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, MCS 2026 (Public domain (US Government work)). "No data" means the figure is withheld or not reported. Reserve figures not shown: the published table could not be matched reliably. Countries not listed produce small amounts or are not reported.

Mine and deposit locations combine the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (public domain, last updated 2022, strongest for the United States and the Americas) and Wikidata (CC0, notable named mines). Coverage is uneven and partly historical, and status can be out of date: this is not a complete or current registry, and a point on the map is not an offer, a licence or evidence of a legal right. Production and reserve figures are from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries and are rounded estimates. Power plants are from the WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), mostly 2018 to 2021. Nothing here is investment, legal or technical advice.