HANOI, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Nickel prices rose on Wednesday on supply worries from top producers, following a mining ban on an island in the Philippines and protests at quarry sites in New Caledonia.

The most-traded March nickel contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose 2.4% to 130,170 yuan ($20,165.76) a tonne at 0256 GMT, while three-month nickel on the London Metal Exchange advanced 0.2% to $17,705 a tonne.

French mining group Eramet warned that its nickel subsidiary SLN in the world's fourth-largest nickel producer New Caledonia risked going into liquidation within weeks if protests continued to disrupt its operations.

Meanwhile, a Philippine mining ban in Tumbagan Island in Languyan, in Tawi-Tawi province, home to some nickel projects, raised supply worries in the world's second-biggest producer and top exporter of nickel ore.

The order, however, does not cover Philippines's nickel hub in Caraga region.

FUNDAMENTALS

* New bank lending in China fell in December from the previous month, but lending for all of 2020 hit a record, as the central bank kept its policy stance accommodative.

* The U.S. economy could see a strong rebound in the second half of this year as vaccinations become widely available, while monetary policy will remain accommodative, Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Eric Rosengren said.

* LME copper rose 0.7% to $8,029 a tonne, zinc advanced 0.4% to $2,790 a tonne while ShFE copper increased 0.9% to 58,900 yuan a tonne and lead was up 1.7% at 14,735 yuan a tonne.

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MARKETS NEWS

* Asian stocks rose on Wednesday, tracking modest Wall Street gains, as expectations that a vaccine will eventually win the battle against the coronavirus fuelled recovery hopes, while tight supply expectations pushed oil prices to a one-year high.

DATA/EVENTS (GMT)

0900 ECB President Christine Lagarde speaks

at Reuters Next summit

1330 US CPI MM, SA Dec

1900 US Federal Reserve issues the Beige Book

($1 = 6.4550 yuan) (Reporting by Mai Nguyen; Editing by Ramakrishnan M.)