Nickel Market Report Jul 2018
2018-08-10 20:27:03 【Print】
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Contents
Market Highlights 2
1 Economy and Policy 2
2 Chinese market review 2
2.1 Prices for nickel cathodes goes down 2
2.2 Ferronickel prices goes up further 2
2.3 Prices for battery grade nickel sulfate goes down while the price for electroplating grade nickel sulfate still stable 3
2.4 Spot high grade lateritic nickel ore price moves up while the spot price of middle grade nickel ore goes down 4
3 International market review 4
3.1 LME nickel prices moves down further 4
3.2 Prices for high grade Philippine lateritic nickel ore moves up further while for middle grade down again 4
4 Production and stocks data 5
4.1 Chinese nickel cathode output down by 4.0% MOM in July 5
4.2 Chinese ferronickel output down by 52.1% MOM in July 5
4.3 Chinese nickel sulfate output down by 4.6% MOM in July 6
4.4 Chinese ferronickel smelter lateritic nickel ore stock down by 8.9% MOM in July 6
5 Company news 7
5.1 Western Mining receives no cobalt or nickel mines purchasing plan 7
5.2 GEM to focus on selling high-nickel products in large volumes in 2018 7
5.3 Yuanyang International Trading halts ferronickel production 7
5.4 Huade Tongsheng Ferroalloy halts ferronickel production 7
6 Relevant Industry News 8
6.1 The NCM precursor price continuously went down 8
7 Market outlook 8
7.1 Nickel cathode 8
7.2 Ferronickel 8
7.3 Nickel sulfate 8
7.4 Lateritic nickel ore 8
Graphs
Graph 1 Jinchuan nickel cathode price in the Chinese spot market from Jun to Jul 2018 (RMB/t) 2
Graph 2 Norilsk nickel cathode prices in the Chinese spot market from Jun to Jul 2018 (RMB/t) 2
Graph 3 Inco nickel prices in the Chinese spot market from Jun to Jul 2018 (RMB/t) 2
Graph 4 Delivered-to-plants prices for Chinese ferronickel 10%min from Jun to Jul 2018 (RMB/mtu) 3
Graph 5 Chinese ferronickel 1.5% EXW prices from Jun to Jul 2018 (RMB/t) 3
Graph 6 Chinese battery grade nickel sulfate prices Jun to Jul 2018 (RMB/t) 3
Graph 7 Chinese NCM 523 precursor prices from Jun to Jul 2018 (RMB/t) 3
Graph 8 Chinese electroplating grade nickel sulfate prices from Jun to Jul 2018 (RMB/t) 3
Graph 9 Chinese lateritic nickel ore 1.8%min prices in ports from Jun to Jul 2018 (RMB/t) 4
Graph 10 Chinese lateritic nickel ore 1.5%min in ports from Jun to Jul 2018 (RMB/t) 4
Graph 11 LME nickel prices from Jun to Jul 2018 (USD/t) 4
Graph 12 Stocks for LME nickel from Jun to Jul 2018 (t) 4
Graph 13 CIF Prices for Philippine origin lateritic nickel ore 1.5% in China from Jun to Jul 2018 (USD/t) 5
Graph 14 CIF Prices for Philippine origin lateritic nickel ore 1.8% in China from Jun to Jul 2018 (USD/t) 5
Graph 15 Lateritic nickel ore stocks in China from Jan 2017 to Jul 2018 (kt) 6
Tables
Table 1 China's NCM precursor outputs by province (t) 6
Market Highlights 2
1 Economy and Policy 2
2 Chinese market review 2
2.1 Prices for nickel cathodes goes down 2
2.2 Ferronickel prices goes up further 2
2.3 Prices for battery grade nickel sulfate goes down while the price for electroplating grade nickel sulfate still stable 3
2.4 Spot high grade lateritic nickel ore price moves up while the spot price of middle grade nickel ore goes down 4
3 International market review 4
3.1 LME nickel prices moves down further 4
3.2 Prices for high grade Philippine lateritic nickel ore moves up further while for middle grade down again 4
4 Production and stocks data 5
4.1 Chinese nickel cathode output down by 4.0% MOM in July 5
4.2 Chinese ferronickel output down by 52.1% MOM in July 5
4.3 Chinese nickel sulfate output down by 4.6% MOM in July 6
4.4 Chinese ferronickel smelter lateritic nickel ore stock down by 8.9% MOM in July 6
5 Company news 7
5.1 Western Mining receives no cobalt or nickel mines purchasing plan 7
5.2 GEM to focus on selling high-nickel products in large volumes in 2018 7
5.3 Yuanyang International Trading halts ferronickel production 7
5.4 Huade Tongsheng Ferroalloy halts ferronickel production 7
6 Relevant Industry News 8
6.1 The NCM precursor price continuously went down 8
7 Market outlook 8
7.1 Nickel cathode 8
7.2 Ferronickel 8
7.3 Nickel sulfate 8
7.4 Lateritic nickel ore 8
Graphs
Graph 1 Jinchuan nickel cathode price in the Chinese spot market from Jun to Jul 2018 (RMB/t) 2
Graph 2 Norilsk nickel cathode prices in the Chinese spot market from Jun to Jul 2018 (RMB/t) 2
Graph 3 Inco nickel prices in the Chinese spot market from Jun to Jul 2018 (RMB/t) 2
Graph 4 Delivered-to-plants prices for Chinese ferronickel 10%min from Jun to Jul 2018 (RMB/mtu) 3
Graph 5 Chinese ferronickel 1.5% EXW prices from Jun to Jul 2018 (RMB/t) 3
Graph 6 Chinese battery grade nickel sulfate prices Jun to Jul 2018 (RMB/t) 3
Graph 7 Chinese NCM 523 precursor prices from Jun to Jul 2018 (RMB/t) 3
Graph 8 Chinese electroplating grade nickel sulfate prices from Jun to Jul 2018 (RMB/t) 3
Graph 9 Chinese lateritic nickel ore 1.8%min prices in ports from Jun to Jul 2018 (RMB/t) 4
Graph 10 Chinese lateritic nickel ore 1.5%min in ports from Jun to Jul 2018 (RMB/t) 4
Graph 11 LME nickel prices from Jun to Jul 2018 (USD/t) 4
Graph 12 Stocks for LME nickel from Jun to Jul 2018 (t) 4
Graph 13 CIF Prices for Philippine origin lateritic nickel ore 1.5% in China from Jun to Jul 2018 (USD/t) 5
Graph 14 CIF Prices for Philippine origin lateritic nickel ore 1.8% in China from Jun to Jul 2018 (USD/t) 5
Graph 15 Lateritic nickel ore stocks in China from Jan 2017 to Jul 2018 (kt) 6
Tables
Table 1 China's NCM precursor outputs by province (t) 6
