SHANGHAI, Mar 31 (SMM) - As of March 31, the nickel ore inventories at Chinese ports dropped 295,000 wmt from a week earlier to 6.11 million wmt. The total Ni content stood at 48,000 mt. The port inventory across seven major Chinese ports stood at 2.89 million wmt, 95,000 wmt lower than last week. Nickel ore prices trended lower this week. The weekly fall of NPI prices was over 60 yuan/mtu. The nickel ore buyers held a wait-and-see attitude since the NPI price trend was unclear, resulting in a sluggish nickel ore market. NPI plants were reluctant to purchase nickel ore due to the dropping NPI prices, while the port arrivals were low as the rainy season in the Philippines did not end, thus the port inventory will keep falling.





