ET declared that price of nickel moved up by 16% WoW this week against the previous week due to production cuts and investment purchasing. Nickel futures on London Metal Exchange closed up 16% at USD 12,725 per tonne after making a high of USD 12,844. According to base metals analyst Ms Reena Walia from Angel [...]
Price of nickel, which is used in stainless steel, rose by 16% this week against the previous week due to production cuts and purchasing. Nickel futures on London Metal Exchange closed up 16% at $12,725 per tonne after making a high of $12,844. For full story, click here
LME nickel stock exceeded 100,000 tonnes, touching a new record high in the last 13 years. For full story, click here
Nickel prices climbed to a whopping 5.7% on the LME despite a rise in inventories. For full story, click here
LME nickel prices have currently strengthened a pace to fall and LME nickel stocks as of February 25th 2009 came to 98,600 tonnes, which indicated a power to reach 104,000 tonnes as recorded in May 1995 and corresponded to 8% of the global nickel production. For full story, click here
LME inventories of nickel surged by 5,262 tonnes during January, to reach 84,078 tonnes by month-end. Although nickel prices over the course of January did not return to the lows witnessed in December, they kept to relatively low levels throughout. For full story. click here
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News Nickel has kicked off 2009 as the worst performing metal; declining 15 per cent in the first two months of the year, the most among LME traded metals. Inventories are well on their way to rise above 100,000 tonnes, the highest since June 1995. Prices will [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey-Exclusive to Nickel Investing News Nickel prices will most likely be flat, at best, in 2009, according to Robin Bhar, metals analyst for Calyon Credit Agricole CIB, London. However, nickel premiums are difficult to gauge in a market characterized by a lack of demand, rising stocks and sinking prices. LME nickel prices [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News Nickel prices entered the New Year with upward momentum, as the annual commodity index rebalancing was positive for the base metals. Now, it is one month into the year and the gains have halted. London Metal Exchange three-month nickel closed Friday at US$11,150 a metric tonne, [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News Under the weight of high inventories, nickel is anticipated to be one of the slowest industrial metals to rebound. LME stocks of nickel are at their highest since around mid-1995. The world refined nickel market was in surplus by 42,900 metric tonnes in January-November of 2008, [...]
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