RE:NEED MORE NICKEL SOON thseeker1 wrote: NEED MORE NICKEL SOON
Automakers and their battery partners need to start planning for it now.
“Getting the quantity of nickel that (electric vehicles) will need by the mid-2020s will be a challenge ... with lead times often up to 10 years, investment needs to happen now,” Montgomery said.
So I think the pressure will be on early next year for getting new mines in play to meet the impending nickel demand. They are at the point of no return regarding ignoring the critical need to have new mines.
Ultimately, there needs to be a higher incentive price to get big class 1 projects going. $7.50/lb won't cut it. Unless or untill there are higher prices new mines won't get built. This could lead to a serious spike in prices when lack of supplies becomes more acute.