Commodity Market Report
Global nickel short-term outlook May 2020
Report summary
Recovery in financial markets, emergence from lockdown and post-pandemic ramp up in Chinese stainless kept nickel prices up in May. However, with an outlook of recession and the expectation of a substantial contraction in world demand, near-term nickel fundamentals are weak and prices are expected to fall from their current level. The one pillar of growth is stainless production in China, but even here there are downside risks.
Table of contents
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Asia
- China
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Europe
- North America
- Nickel in non-stainless
Tables and charts
This report includes 13 images and tables including:
- Changes in quarterly stainless steel production in Europe
- US stainless melt output and product sales 2006-2020
- 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)
- Changes in quarterly stainless steel production in China
- Outlook for Indonesian stainless steel production
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