Mar 28, 2024 21:01
The Albemarle spodumene tender held on March 26 has come to an end, with the final result being 9,372 yuan/ton (grade 5.76%, domestic spot tax included). The price is approximately US$1,198 after discounting by 6 grades and converted into CIF price, which is basically the same as the final transaction price in Pilbara on March 14. At the same time, Albemarle also stated that it will conduct another spodumene tender on April 24.
Mar 27, 2024 23:55
According to the data released by the Customs Statistics Platform, China imported 8,701 mt of refined nickel (unwrought non-alloyed nickel containing total nickel and cobalt ≥99.99%, cobalt ≤0.005%, other unwrought nonalloyed nickel and unwrought nickel alloys) in December 2023. The customs clearance volume was down 10.31% MoM and 20.72% YoY. Of the total, 5,785 mt or 65.5% was other unwrought nickel alloys, down 63.27% YoY.