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Nickel Supply Demand Forecast Data: Dataset Structure and Field Coverage
Datadory delivers nickel supply demand forecast data covering comprehensive field definitions, entity mappings, and historical time series — structured for direct analytics and delivered on demand.
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What drives the INSG forecast year?
The practical consequence for your model: the free releases are a balance-of-the-world instrument, refreshed twice a year with a one-year forecast horizon. Monthly resolution and multi-year history sit behind payment, so anything longer than the three published historical years means buying the Yearbook or the bulletins rather than waiting for the next free PDF.
How do you build a country-level nickel supply picture?
The 2026 edition ships a 264-page PDF plus nine companion Excel workbooks whose sheets mirror the printed tables: workbook 6.4 carries one sheet per commodity with rows of countries, columns for 2020 through 2024 and a data-source flag (r = reported, e = estimated, p = provisional). Chapter 6 ranks 2024 market shares with Herfindahl-Hirschman concentration indices per commodity, world totals by continent reach back to 1984, and the questionnaire deadline for each edition falls on 28 February.
One definitional caution before reconciling against INSG: World Mining Data reports recoverable mineral content, not run-of-mine ore, and neither series equals INSG's primary-nickel usage concept. Treat the two as complementary supply views rather than interchangeable totals.
Where to go next
Start with the International Nickel Study Group page for the free-tier mechanics, then pull prices from the World Bank Commodity Markets (Pink Sheet) and country output from World Mining Data. The broader context lives in the diversified metals mining data guide, and the copper production by country dataset post shows how ICSG handles the same balance problem one metal over. For corporate supply-side checks, see mining company XBRL financial data, or browse the free diversified-metals-mining datasets list.
| Metric | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 forecast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World primary nickel production | Mt | 3.439 | 3.589 | 3.880 | 3.715 |
| World primary nickel usage | Mt | 3.265 | 3.473 | 3.596 | 3.747 |
| Implied market balance | kt | +175 | +116 | +283 | -32 |
Pick up where this leaves off
Every one of these ships with sample rows before you commit to anything.
International Nickel Study Group (INSG) Statistics
World Bank Commodity Markets (Pink Sheet) Data
World Mining Data
SEC EDGAR Mining Company Filings Data
International Copper Study Group (ICSG) Data
International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) Data
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Which dataset gives nickel production by country?
World Mining Data. The 2026 edition tabulates mine output for 65 commodities across 168 countries, with nickel in the Iron and Ferro-Alloy Metals group, country detail for 2020-2024 flagged as reported, estimated or provisional, and 2024 market-share plus HHI concentration rankings. Nine Excel workbooks mirror the printed tables.