The ramifications of 2022's London Metal Exchange nickel trading debacle, including potential challenges to its nickel contract and the fate of the exchange itself will be hot topics next week as the metals industry descends on London. On March 8, last year, the 145-year old exchange was plunged into crisis - forced to halt nickel trading for the first time since 1988 - when prices more than doubled in a few hours to records above $100 000 a metric ton.
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