Unintended consequences: Putin has sent the black swans flying - Sydney Morning Herald

When the nickel price soared 250 per cent this week it provided a dramatic illustration of the economic carnage flowing from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the West’s responses to it.

In BHPs recent December half, for instance, the average price it received for a tonne of its nickel was $US19,651. In the June half of last year it was $US17,537 and in the previous December half $US… [+4654 chars]

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