SHANGHAI, Mar 24 (SMM) - On the supply side, spot imports of pure nickel suffered losses, tightening the pure nickel supply in the market. Premiums stood stable near the month-end. In terms of NPI, frequent news of production reduction and shutdown of stainless steel mills were bearish for NPI prices. On the demand side, stainless steel prices declined following the futures prices. Transactions of 300-series stainless steel were relatively slack, and the prices fell further. In general, the fundamentals of pure nickel remained weak. SMM presumes that nickel prices will remain rangebound.


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