Aosite, kusukela 1993
Ngokukhula kobunzima e-Ukraine, ukuntengantenga kwemakethe yempahla yamazwe ngamazwe kuye kwakhula kakhulu, futhi kube nezimo zemakethe ezimbi kakhulu muva nje. Kusukela ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, intengo ye-nickel yezinyanga ezintathu eLondon Metal Exchange iphindwe kabili ngezinsuku ezimbili zokuhweba ezilandelanayo, intengo kawoyela ongahluziwe we-Brent eLondon ifinyelele cishe eminyakeni eyi-14, futhi intengo yegesi yemvelo. Ikusasa eYurophu selikhuphuke lafinyelela phezulu.
Abahlaziyi baveze ukuthi leli sonto lingase libe "isonto eliguquguqukayo kakhulu elirekhodiwe" emakethe yezimpahla, futhi umthelela wokungqubuzana kweRussia-Ukraine emnothweni ungase unwetshwe ngokukhuphuka kwezintengo zempahla.
Inkinga yokuhlinzekwa kwempahla yengamele ukusebenza "kokucindezela okufushane" ukukhulisa intengo ye-nickel "ekhuphukayo"
Intengo yezinyanga ezintathu ze-nickel ku-London Metal Exchange yeqa u-$50,000 ngethani ngomhlaka-7. Ngemuva kokuvulwa kwemakethe ngomhlaka-8, intengo yenkontileka iqhubekile nokukhuphuka, kanye yedlula i-$ 100,000 ngethani.
UFu Xiao, inhloko yesu lemakethe yezimpahla emhlabeni wonke kwa-BOC International, engxoxweni abe nayo ne-Xinhua News Agency ukuthi ukunyuka kwamanani e-nickel kuye kweqophelo eliphezulu kudalwe ikakhulukazi "ukucindezela okufushane" kokusebenza kwezingozi zokuhlinzeka.