SHANGHAI, Feb 5(SMM) – Inventories of refined nickel in the Shanghai bonded areas remained unchanged from a week ago and stood at 16,600 mt as of February 5, showed SMM data.
The import window only opened briefly on Monday this week, and then turned into a continuous loss state. Therefore, few refined nickel from bonded areas flew into domestic market, and cargoes under long-term contracts arriving at port were also limited.

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