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Nickel Ore Price Keeps Falling, SMM Reports

Sep 25, 2017 17:42

Source:SMM

CIF price for Ni 1.5% ore has kept falling since mid September due to falling nickel price, ample ore supply and low buying interest at NPI producers.

SHANGHAI, Sept. 25 (SMM) – CIF price for Ni 1.5% ore has kept falling since mid September due to falling nickel price, ample ore supply and low buying interest at NPI producers.

At present, traded prices in China’s domestic market fell to around $39 per wet tonne.

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