A cewar wani rahoto daga kungiyar nazarin nickel ta kasa da kasa (INSG), yawan amfani da nickel a duniya ya karu da kashi 16.2% a bara, wanda masana'antar bakin karfe da masana'antar batir mai saurin girma ta bunkasa. Koyaya, wadatar nickel tana da ƙarancin tan 168,000, mafi girman gibin buƙatun wadata a cikin aƙalla shekaru goma.

INSG ana tsammanin cewa amfani da wannan shekara zai haɓaka wani 8.6%, wanda ya zarce tan miliyan 3 a karon farko a tarihi.

Tare da ƙara ƙarfin aiki a Indonesia, an kiyasta wadatar nickel na duniya zai karu da 18.2%. Za a sami rarar kusan ton 67,000 a bana, yayin da har yanzu ba a da tabbas ko yawan abin zai shafi farashin nickel.