A price of $12,295/t, means nickel has risen nearly 40% in four months, with nickel sulphate and electric vehicles the buzz words.
Zinc also enjoyed further support, rising 1.75%.
Elsewhere prices were mixed with copper off 0.4% to $6839/t.
Still, copper heavyweight Codelco is now talking of the possibility of copper reaching $10,000/t in the current cycle.
On the mining equities front, the majors generally lost ground in London, with Glencore suffering the biggest fall (1.89%), and Anglo the only to rise with a gain of nearly 0.5%.
Over in Toronto, the gold patch fell about 1% as bullion drifted to around the $1270 per ounce mark, with a stronger US dollar a dampener on the price.
For the ASX on the first day of November, the futures index was showing a gain of 24 points.
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