insg_near_termcommodityOfficial surveyAuthoritative

INSG session press release (near-term nickel)

International Nickel Study Group (INSG)

world primary nickel production/usage/balance 2023-2026f

Source

How it's published

Feed (what to expect)

Twice-yearly press release; transcribe production/usage/balance per session.

Cadence: twice yearly (April + October sessions)
Access: free press-release PDF (no registration)
Format: vendored figures from the session press release
Licence: INSG free outreach publication, cited with attribution
Vintage: 2026-04
Upstream: —

MANUAL refresh each session - the press-release index asks not to be queried by bots and PDF URLs carry random suffixes, so no fetcher. Session-over-session revisions are the norm (Oct 2025 forecast 2026 production at 4.085 Mt; April 2026 revised to 3.715 Mt) - vintage pinned. Next session: week of 12 October 2026.

Reconciliation

Role in the canonical graph

Authority tier: Official survey
Provenance: Authoritative
Canonicality: tier 1
Primary for: —
Contributes IDs: —
Name-block matching: excluded
Reconcile profile: default (tier 1)

Schema

What it feeds & emits

Feeds (axes)

Demand

Record kinds

(near-term usage + balance)

Identifier schemes

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