The takeover frenzy around nickel added more than $1.8 billion to the market value of listed nickel producers today, after Swiss group Xstrata stunned the market with a $3.1 billion bid for Perth-based Jubilee Mines NL.

The takeover frenzy around nickel added more than $1.8 billion to the market value of listed nickel producers today, after Swiss group Xstrata stunned the market with a $3.1 billion bid for Perth-based Jubilee Mines NL.