Commodity Market Report
Global nickel short-term outlook February 2020
*Please note that this report only includes an Excel data file if this is indicated in "What's included" below
Report summary
The global outbreak of Covid-19 is pushing nickel prices lower. Quarantine measures in China have severely disrupted logistics nationwide. The build up of stock through supply chains is substantial, so that even if containment allows some normality to return, it will take considerable time for those bottlenecks to unwind. But as stainless mills and NPI smelters cut production, attention has now turned to the rest of the world, where the spread of the virus is still at a comparatively early stage.
Table of contents
- Chinese stainless and Covid-19
-
Asia
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Europe
- North America
- Nickel in battery materials
Tables and charts
This report includes 12 images and tables including:
- Stainless production in China dips in Q1
- European stainless turnaround possible from H2
- Global quarterly refined 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)
- Indonesian stainless steel melt production outlook
What's included
This report contains:
Other reports you may be interested in
Commodity Market Report
Macro Oils short-term outlook February 2020
Short term oil market outlook takes into account our latest sharp downward adjustment to China’s oil demand in Q1 2020
$2,000
Commodity Market Report
Global lead short-term outlook February 2020
Covid-19 effects were the main focus, plus a squeeze pushing up the cash price and pressure on TCs from deteriorating mine profitability.
$5,000
Commodity Market Report
Global nickel short-term outlook June 2024
Nickel prices fell back toward their early-2024 levels as the bulls became bears.
$5,000
