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Home / Metal News / Nickel ore port inventories shrink across Chinese ports

Nickel ore port inventories shrink across Chinese ports

Aug 17, 2018 17:13

Source:SMM

Inventories decreased by 130,000 wmt from a week ago to 11.39 million wmt as of Friday Aug 17

SHANGHAI, Aug 17 (SMM) – Nickel ore inventories across Chinese ports decreased by 130,000 wmt from a week ago to 11.39 million wmt as of Friday August 17, SMM data showed.

In metal content, inventories shrank about 1,000 mt on the week and stood at 95,000 mt.

Stocks across seven major Chinese ports fell by 110,000 wmt to 7.9 million wmt.

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