Nickel ore inventories at Chinese ports rose 81,000 wmt to 9.03 million wmt

Published: Sep 25, 2020 17:39 (GMT+8)

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Nickel ore inventories across all Chinese ports increased 81,000 wmt from September 18 to 9.03 million wmt as of September 25, showed SMM data.

SHANGHAI, Sep 25 (SMM) — Nickel ore inventories across all Chinese ports increased 81,000 wmt from September 18 to 9.03 million wmt as of September 25, showed SMM data.

In Ni content, the stocks rose 600 mt to 72,300 mt.

SMM data also showed that nickel ore stocks across seven major Chinese ports increased 101,000 wmt during the same period to 6.62 million wmt.

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