Nickel trading range for the day is 582.9-604.7. Nickel gains as support seen after Philippine Environment Secretary Regina Lopez said she would ban open-pit mining in the country. Each open pit is a financial liability for government for life, Lopez told. It kills the economic potential of the place. However gains were limited amid pick-up in Chivas's nickel ore concentrate imports from Indonesia, which helped counter falling imports from the Philippines.

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