Commodity Market Report
Global nickel short-term outlook December 2018
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.
Table of contents
- Executive summary
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Supply-demand balances
- LME and SHFE nickel stocks, and nickel prices
- Global nickel quarterly supply-demand balance
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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)
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