SHANGHAI, Apr 7 (SMM) - As of April 7, port inventories of nickel ore in China added 125,000 wmt to 6.24 million wmt compared with the previous week. The total Ni content stood at 49,000 mt. The port inventory of nickel ore across seven major Chinese ports stood at 3.09 million wmt, 195,000 wmt higher than last week. Nickel ore prices trended lower this week, and the NPI prices dropped to 1,042.5 yuan/mtu. The nickel ore buyers held a wait-and-see attitude since the NPI price trend was unclear, resulting in a sluggish nickel ore market. NPI plants were reluctant to purchase nickel ore due to the dropping NPI prices. The port inventory will grow with the subsided impact of the poor weather condition in the Philippines.





