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Home / Metal News / China's nickel ore port inventory amounts to 9.5 million wmt

China's nickel ore port inventory amounts to 9.5 million wmt

Dec 15, 2017 16:01

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China's total nickel ore port inventory amounted to 9.5 million wmt as of Friday December 15, up 210,000 wmt from a week ago, according to SMM data.

SHANGHAI, Dec 15 (SMM)－China's total nickel ore port inventory amounted to 9.5 million wmt as of Friday December 15, up 210,000 wmt from a week ago, according to SMM data. The inventory volumes translated to 77,800 mt of metal content.

The stock level at the seven major ports, on the other hand, stood at 7.09 million wmt, up by 150,000 wmt week on week.

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