The Philippines Its interesting to note that nobody has considered that Duterte's actions may actually be geared towards more domestic value added Ni production. The Chairman of the Houes on "ways and means" recently urged action on this. The template is there (Indonesia) for them to take action on this. If the problems in NC don't get resolved and the Philippines restrictions ore exports where will China get its feedstock from? https://www.reuters.com/article/global-metals/metals-nickel-prices-boosted-by-philippines-ban-for-mining-island-idUSL1N2JN0ON