Global nickel short-term outlook December 2018 Report

Commodity Market Report 19 December 2018

Get this report

$5,000

You can pay by card or invoice

Share link

First name
Last name
Job Title
Company
Email
Telephone

Country

Message

Consent

Please keep me informed about Wood Mackenzie products, services and events.

Submit Category

For details on how your data is used and stored, see our Privacy Notice.

- FAQs about online orders
- Find out more about subscriptions

Report summary

Prices barely move as the market remains acutely interested in proposed hydrometallurgical projects in Indonesia that could boost global supply substantially. But mid-term deficits remain so a reversal of the recent down trend is likely in 2019.

Executive summary
Supply-demand balances
- LME and SHFE nickel stocks, and nickel prices
- Global nickel quarterly supply-demand balance
Demand
- Quarterly global nickel consumption in stainless steel (kt)
- Global refined nickel consumption (kt)
Supply

Tables and charts

This report includes 16 images and tables including:

Key forecasts
Global nickel mine production/capability (kt)
Global nickel smelter production/capability (kt)

Global finished nickel production/capability (kt)
Nickel stocks and premiums
Global refined nickel supply-demand balance (kt)
Supply-demand balances: Image 1
Supply-demand balances: Table 1
Demand: Table 1
Quarterly refined nickel consumption by first use (kt)
Taiwan's 300 series stainless melt production is falling as imports of stainless HRC from Indonesia increase
Shipments and estimated primary nickel use by VDM and Imphy
Global quarterly refined consumption (kt)
Quarterly global stainless steel production (kt raw steel basis)
Demand: Table 5
Global stainless steel production (kt raw steel basis)