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Home / Metal News / Nickel ore inventories at Chinese ports fall to 12.37 million wmt

Nickel ore inventories at Chinese ports fall to 12.37 million wmt

Sep 29, 2019 09:16

Source:SMM

Stocks have fallen for four consecutive weeks

SHANGHAI, Sep 29 (SMM) – Nickel ore inventories across all Chinese ports declined for a fourth straight week, dropping 460,000 wmt from a week ago to 12.37 million wmt as of Friday September 27, SMM data showed.

Stocks in metal content dipped 3,600 mt to 104,000 mt.

Stocks across seven major Chinese ports decreased by 230,000 wmt and came in at 10.09 million wmt as of September 27.

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Nickel ore

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SMM prices of Ni1.5% ore average stood at $73.5/wmt on a cif basis on July 9, unchanged from a week earlier. Nickel ore prices remained stable this week. Quotations remained high but the mainstream traded prices in the market remained at CIF $72-75/wmt.

Jul 13, 2021 15:58

Analysis

Scarce available nickel ore kept quotes at high levels, shipping rates unlikely to fall in short-term

Nickel ore inventories at Chinese ports rose 101,000 wmt to 9.41 million wmt

Nickel ore inventories across all Chinese ports increased 101,000 wmt from December 4 to 9.41 million wmt as of December 11, showed SMM data.

Dec 11, 2020 17:38

Analysis

Nickel ore inventories at Chinese ports rose 101,000 wmt to 9.41 million wmt

Shanghai bonded refined nickel stocks fell 1,000 mt on week

Inventories of refined nickel in the Shanghai bonded areas decreased 1,000 mt from a week ago and stood at 22,800 mt as of December 11, showed SMM data.

Dec 11, 2020 17:16

Analysis

Shanghai bonded refined nickel stocks fell 1,000 mt on week

China HRC inventories continued their rapid falls this week

Inventories of hot-rolled coils of steel sheets used to produce home appliances and cars in China continued to fall rapidly this week, but the decline narrowed slightly compared with last week.

Dec 11, 2020 11:24

Analysis

China HRC inventories continued their rapid falls this week

Social inventories of lead ingots increased nearly 1,800 mt this week

Social inventories of lead ingots across Shanghai, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Tianjin expanded nearly 1,800 mt from the prior week to 41,000 mt as of Friday December 4.

Dec 4, 2020 16:55

Analysis

Social inventories of lead ingots increased nearly 1,800 mt this week

Shanghai bonded refined nickel stocks remained unchanged on week

Inventories of refined nickel in the Shanghai bonded areas remained unchanged from a week ago and stood at 23,800 mt as of December 4, showed SMM data.

Dec 4, 2020 16:30

Analysis

Shanghai bonded refined nickel stocks remained unchanged on week

Primary aluminium inventories built up 4,000 mt on week

Primary aluminium ingot inventories in China started to rise this week, showed SMM data.

Dec 3, 2020 17:17

Analysis

Primary aluminium inventories built up 4,000 mt on week

Shanghai bonded refined nickel stocks remained unchanged on week

Inventories of refined nickel in the Shanghai bonded areas remained unchanged from a week ago and stood at 23,300 mt as of October 30, showed SMM data.

Oct 30, 2020 16:32

Analysis

Silicon social inventories shrank to 77,000 mt this week

Social inventories of silicon metal across Huangpu port, Kunming city and Tianjin port shrank 1,000 mt from the previous week to 77,000 mt as of Friday October 23.

Oct 23, 2020 16:11

Analysis

Silicon social inventories shrank to 77,000 mt this week

Zinc social inventories fell 2,200 mt on week

Zinc inventories in China fell moderately this week, primarily propelled by the increase in Guangdong and Shanghai.

Oct 23, 2020 15:28

Analysis

Zinc social inventories fell 2,200 mt on week

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Nickel ore inventories at Chinese ports fall to 12.37 million wmt

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