3-Month Nickel Commodity Futures Price Drops to US$17,530/Ton (Friday, March 13, 2026)

The 3-month nickel commodity futures price for transactions on Friday, March 13, 2026, declined. Today's trading price for the 3-month nickel commodity futures was recorded at US$17,530 per ton. This figure is lower than the previous day's trading price of US$17,725 per ton. The current condition contrasts with the upward trend of the 3-month nickel commodity futures price in the last day.

Over the past week, the 3-month nickel commodity futures price movement decreased by -0.26% with an average daily trading price of US$17,480 per ton. As a result, in 2026 so far, the nickel commodity price has risen by 3.64% from the start-of-year level of US$16,915 per ton. Even from this year's highest price of US$17,350 per ton, the 3-month nickel commodity futures price has fallen by 1.04%.

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Annually, the average trading price of 3-month nickel commodity futures has been on a downward trend over the past five years. Meanwhile, for monthly price monitoring, transactions in the last 12 months have tended to rise. The highest monthly average nickel commodity price was recorded in January 2026 at US$18,030 per ton.

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Citing previous Katadata news, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan projected that the value of nickel and its derivative exports could reach US$60 billion or around Rp927.84 trillion in 2025. This is due to the downstreaming of nickel into electric vehicles (EVs). In 2022, the value of nickel and its derivative exports reached US$34.28 billion or Rp530.1 trillion.