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Nickel prices climbed to their highest in seven weeks on Thursday as speculators returned to the market on worries that the Philippines could follow Indonesia in banning unprocessed ore exports.
Three-month nickel on the London Metal Exchange soared to a session high of $19,498 a tonne, its strongest since July 14, driven by buying from commodity trading advisers (CTAs) and macro funds, traders said.
The metal later pared gains to end at $19,395 a tonne, up 1.7 percent. It is up nearly 40 percent so far this year.
Nickel hit a 27-month peak of $21,625 a tonne in May after top exporter Indonesia banned unprocessed ore shipments to stimulate its domestic processing industry.
Prices jumped 2.8 percent on Wednesday on the news that a Philippine senator had proposed a ban on raw materials exports.
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