Growing demand in the metal industry from the increasing economies of Asia and South America have lead the demand for metals to reach new heights. At the same time, the quality of many supplies is decreasing, as the quality metal ores are extracted, leaving less rich sources to be mined in their wake.
However, from capturing metals with seaweed to mining city streets, the way in which metals are sourced is changing, with reusing spent materials fast becoming a more economical and environmentally sound approach to gathering valuable resources.
In turn, the price of nickel today, and the price of the metal in the future may be vastly different, and as new technologies emerge to help us reuse such materials, the cost of reusing nickel may soon be far lower than the cost of buying fresh supplies.
Of course, demand will always have a big effect on supply, and with other metals soon to be in for the same recycling treatment as nickel, it is likely that soon supply may actually be greater than demand.
However, whether nickel prices will fall or rise in the long term remains to be seen, and the only real way to truly understand the best time to buy or sell the metal will be to get both short- and long-term forecasts from companies that specialise in such things. Such documents will allow you to better understand what these proposed changes in metal mining are likely to mean for you, and how best to use these changes to your advantage.
