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Nickel’s structural oversupply problem: China turns up the heat
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Report summary
Our July short term outlook shows a three-year aggregate surplus in the nickel market exceeding 630 kt by 2022. Yet for now, price makers show no apparent concern over the mid-term as they remain focused on searching for the near-term positives of a post-Coronavirus world. In this Insight, we consider the options behind how such an imbalance could be moderated. Spoiler alert: China holds all the cards.
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- China’s choices: Not good for the Rest of World suppliers
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