Commodity Market Report
Global nickel short-term outlook December 2021
Report summary
Nickel prices held up well in December. In days of consumption, exchange nickel stocks are at their lowest level for 15 years. Global demand will increase by another 10% in 2022, chiefly driven by China's stainless and battery segments. So, stocks could go even lower and nickel prices should stay high. However, downside risks remain from further power rationing in China and burgeoning supply from Indonesia, as NPI and nickel matte.
Table of contents
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Nickel in stainless
- China
- Nickel in battery chemicals
Tables and charts
This report includes 10 images and tables including:
- Quarterly global refined nickel consumption (kt)
- Quarterly global stainless steel production (kt raw steel basis)
- Global refined nickel consumption (kt)
- Global stainless steel production (kt raw steel basis)
- 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)
- Year-on-year changes in Chinese quarterly stainless steel production
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