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Home / Metal News / SMM Nickel Market Daily Review (2015-8-18)

SMM Nickel Market Daily Review (2015-8-18)

Aug 19, 2015 09:29

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SMM #1 nickel prices were between RMB 81,200-82,200/mt.

SHANGHAI, Aug. 19 (SMM) – SMM #1 nickel prices were between RMB 81,200-82,200/mt. Discounts of Jinchuan nickel against the most actively traded contracts on the Wuxi electronic trading were RMB 100/mt in the morning. The price spread between Russian and Jinchuan nickel narrowed to RMB 300-400/mt. Downstream buyers replenished stocks modestly,with traded prices between RMB 81,300-81,800/mt. Spot nickel prices slumped in the afternoon with nickel futures prices, with spot premiums/discounts unchanged. Downstream buyers turned cautious, muting trading and with traded prices between RMB 80,300-80,800/mt. Jinchuan hiked price by RMB 300/mt to RMB 81,800/mt.

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Zhongwei shares issued an announcement last night that, in view of the company's continued optimism in the high nickel matte recovered from nickel laterite smelting, its wholly-owned subsidiary Zhongwei Hong Kong New Energy reached a supplementary agreement with RIGQUEZA to make additional investments in the joint venture PT.ZhongTsing New Energy. The two parties agreed to build a new laterite smelting project in Indonesia (Phase II) with an annual production capacity of 30,000 m of high nickel matte in metal content on top of Phase I project.

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SHFE 1709 nickel started at RMB 84,370/mt and closed at RMB 84,860/mt, up RMB 590/mt or 0.70%.

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SHFE Nickel to Finish Higher (2017-3-29)

LME nickel will fluctuate at around USD 10,000/mt and SHFE 1705 nickel will fluctuate between RMB 81,900-83,500/mt.

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SHFE 1705 nickel started at RMB 81,280/mt and closed at RMB 80,930/mt.

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Inbound shipments of nickel ore to China were 1.09 million tonnes in February, up both on a monthly and yearly basis, according to China Customs.

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LME nickel will find support at the 10-day moving average on Monday and SHFE 1705 nickel will move at RMB 90,500-91,900/mt.

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SHFE 1705 nickel opened at RMB 90,410/mt and ended at RMB 90,700/mt, up 2.05%.

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