By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News Nickel’s plummet from all time highs may actually work out in the end to benefit the metal. The hunt for effective substitutes for nickel in making stainless steel may have slowed down after nickel prices tumbled around 80 per cent in less than two years. While [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News Nickel is one of the leading indicator metals when it comes to economic health. The metal, used chiefly as a component of stainless steel, tends to be one of the first metals to fall when times are bad, as well as one of the first to [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News As supply and demand fundamentals have rapidly diverged, nickel has slumped more than 80 per cent from its record $51,800 a tonne price reached in May 2007. Miners have been attempting to bring the split fundamentals into line with production cuts. So far cuts equal to about [...]
New Caledonia’s Congress has advocated several crucial pieces of legislation related to the nickel mining industry, which is regarded as the backbone of the French Pacific territory’s economy. For full story, click here
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News Nickel prices have slumped over 80 per cent to about $9,850 a tonne since reaching a record high of $51,800 in May 2007. Many nickel enterprises have already chosen to suspend production on account of low prices, but these output cuts have failed to keep pace [...]
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 Nickel prices plunged 59 per cent last year, as demand around the globe collapsed. For the nickel market to improve in 2009, two key events need to transpire. First off, demand from steelmakers needs to improve, and secondly, China’s economy needs to grow. Currently, steelmakers are [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News This week, the base metals have remained range bound, waiting for cues from OPEC Decision, and the conclusion for the proposed auto bailout. After the Federal Reserve issued yet another rate cut that sent the dollar reeling, the base metals were steady. On India’s Multi Commodities Exchange [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News The global economic slowdown has impacted the stainless steel market, which has in turn curbed demand for nickel. Now, nickel market participants are struggling to stay afloat. The price of nickel used in stainless steel has slumped more than 60 per cent this year, and many [...]
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