Finland and Estonia are countries that are more dependent on Russian nickel supplies than any other country hostile to Russia. He writes about this RIA Novosti With reference to data from the BM Comtrade platform.
Russia’s share in nickel imports to Finland in the first half of the year was 88.4% ($335.7 million). Estonia is 44.1% ($1.5 million) dependent on Russian nickel.
The share of this metal in the supply of the Czech Republic from Russia was 7.7% ($14.4 million), to Germany – 7.4% ($80.1 million), to Bulgaria – 5.7% ($485.5 thousand). The list of unfriendly countries purchasing Russian nickel also includes Slovenia (4%), the Netherlands (2.6%), Poland (2.4%), Latvia (1.6%) and Spain (1.5%).
Russia ranked fourth in the world in nickel production (6% of global production) in 2023.
World nickel prices in May exceeded It reached $20,000 per ton for the first time since September 2023. At the closing on the London Metal Exchange on May 22, the price of nickel was $21,304,000 per ton.
Previously USA reached Annual maximum amount for uranium purchases from Russia.