Commodity Market Report
Global nickel short-term outlook May 2023
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Report summary
Nickel prices initially moved up under the possibility of no new NPI licences being issued in Indonesia, but then fell because of concern about the lack of agreement over a new US debt ceiling. Global stainless markets are still struggling and the recovery in China continues to take its time. The risk to our optimistic second half is growing. Meanwhile supply keeps increasing with more NPI, matte and MHP in Indonesia. And as the surplus builds so prices will fall.
Table of contents
- Nickel sulphate prices
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Nickel in stainless
- Asia
- China
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Europe
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Nickel in non-stainless
- Battery raw materials
- Appendix - Data Tables
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Quarterly global nickel consumption in stainless steel (kt)
- Quarterly refined nickel consumption by first use (kt)
- 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)
- Japanese imports of stainless flat products
- 3 more item(s)...
What's included
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