Nickel ore inventories at Chinese ports rose 258,000 wmt on week

Published: Aug 14, 2020 15:39

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Nickel ore inventories across all Chinese ports rose 258,000 wmt in the week ended August 14 to 8.45 million wmt, showed SMM data.

SHANGHAI, Aug 14 (SMM) — Nickel ore inventories across all Chinese ports rose 258,000 wmt in the week ended August 14 to 8.45 million wmt, showed SMM data.

In Ni content, the stocks increase 1,900 mt to 67,800 mt.

SMM data also showed that nickel ore stocks across seven major Chinese ports rose 160,000 wmt during the same period to 6.79 million wmt.

Inventory data Nickel ore

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