The world’s largest nickel supplier suggests it won’t restart idle capacity until prices reach $25,000 per ton Nickel; demand is projected to outstrip supply for the first time in four years; and Brazilian producer Vale’s Canadian plans may be on hold.
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News Speculation, combined with threatened supplies due to strikes at Vale Inco, has sent the price of nickel on a much needed upswing. On the London Metal Exchange, nickel closed t at US$ 19,100 per tonne in the previous session. Over in India, on the MCX, nickel [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News Nickel will average 6 per cent higher in the fourth quarter than previously forecast after a strike at Vale will reign in supply. Vale workers at the Sudbury nickel operations in Canada are on strike as they are hard- balling management for a change in benefits [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey-Exclusive to Nickel Investing News Nickel was one of the worst performing commodities last year, sinking from more than US $33,000 a tonne in March to below US $9,000 in October due to lower demand from steel makers. Late in the year, the industry was hit with a bunch of cutbacks- cutbacks [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News The sharp retreat in the price of nickel in 2008 as demand from the key stainless steel sector plummeted has forced several producers to curb output or defer projects. So far, in 2008, and extending into 2009, mines in Australia, Canada, Finland, Africa and Asia have [...]
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 [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News The price of nickel has been on a downward spiral since it touched a high of US$51,800 per tonne in May 2007. Currently, the metal has been operating in the US$12,400 range, and further declines are expected. Analysts predict that as the financial crisis spreads, nickel could [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News The price of nickel used in stainless steel has slumped more than 60 per cent from the beginning of this year and some mining companies have been forced to cut back output or delay projects as prices have fallen below the marginal cost of production. Nickel [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News Miners across the globe are a worried lot, what with the plunging price of nickel putting pressure on companies to streamline operations. Mines in Australia have been especially hard hit, due to the weakening Australian dollar; down 10 per cent against the US greenback since mid [...]
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Nickel Investing News On Tuesday, there was a rapid sell-off in all of the industrial metals as worries about the health of the global economy prompted investors to dump commodities. The drop in the price of nickel was short-lived, though. On Wednesday, nickel jumped to $19,175 compared to $18,100 as [...]
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