据美国媒体报道,中国镍年消费量68万t(含镍铁),已成为世界最大的镍消费国,这个数字相比排在第二位的日本,高出约3倍。报道列出全球十大镍消费国(地区),美国、德国和韩国都跻身前五位。其中,从排在第二位的日本开始,其镍消费量为十几万吨左右。而这些消费的镍主要指精炼镍。国际镍业研究组织(INSG)表示,2012年全球精炼镍 According to the U.S. media, the annual consumption of nickel in China is 680,000 tons (including nickel iron), which has become the world’s largest nickel consumer. This figure is about three times higher than that of Japan, which ranks second. The report lists the world’s top ten nickel consumers (regions), the United States, Germany and South Korea are among the top five. Among them, from the second place in Japan, the nickel consumption of about ten million tons. The consumption of nickel mainly refers to refined nickel. International Nickel Research Organization (INSG) said the 2012 global refined nickel