Typhoon Bavi Causes Minor Disruption to Domestic NPI and Steel Mills, Delays Imported Nickel Shipments

Published: Jul 16, 2026 11:46

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[SMM Nickel Flash] SMM learned that Typhoon Bavi caused limited disruption to the production of domestic high-grade NPI and stainless steel mills, with only a few plants in certain regions temporarily suspending production for 1-3 days, without impacting the overall supply-demand pattern. However, the typhoon led to varying degrees of delay in the shipment schedules of imported nickel pig iron over the past half month. With port shipping gradually resuming, the tightness in spot cargo is expected to ease to some extent in the latter half of the month after nickel pig iron concentrates arrive at the port.

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