Top six countries with the largest nickel reserves in the world

 In million tonnes:

1. Indonesia 21
   
2. Australia 20
   
3. Brazil 16
   
4. Russia 9.8

Russia's Norilsk Nickel is one of the world's biggest nickel-mining companies, along with other commodities like palladium, platinum and copper. Its main base of operations is in the Norilsk region above the Arctic Circle in Russia, where some of the world's largest nickel-copper-palladium deposits are located.

Look like the BRICS sphere of influence has quite some lead ...

Norilsk Nickel is a key supplier of nickel and palladium, two metals that are key for electric-vehicle batteries and semiconductors

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