NewsFlash / Nickel / High-Grade NPI Market: Upstream-Downstream Standoff Leads to Stagnant Prices
High-Grade NPI Market: Upstream-Downstream Standoff Leads to Stagnant Prices
iconAug 18, 2025 20:19
Source:SMM
[High-Grade NPI Market] According to SMM, supply side, domestic upstream smelters and traders continue to hold back cargoes. However, the pullback in macro sentiment, coupled with weaker-than-expected end-use consumption, has led to a lack of follow-through in the upstream's reluctance to budge on prices. On the demand side, there have been some transactions downstream recently, while prices for domestic smelters and Indonesian supplies have diverged. Overall, both upstream and downstream enterprises are in a standoff, with high-grade NPI prices remaining stagnant.
Data Source Statement: Except for publicly available information, all other data are processed by SMM based on publicly available information, market exchanges, and relying on SMM's internal database model, for reference only and do not constitute decision-making recommendations.

For queries, please contact Lemon Zhao at lemonzhao@smm.cn

For more information on how to access our research reports, please email service.en@smm.cn

Related news