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Nickel market developments: Supply



           Indonesian export policy change shakes the market as IndonesianNPI surges




          Trade in nickel ores & concentrates, 2019 (kt gross)                                                Trade in nickel ores & concentrates, H1 2020 (kt gross)














                                                                       •    Many        of     the      nickel      units
                                                                            previously imported              by China
                                                                            from Indonesia in ore, rapidly
                                                                            being imported asNPI


                                                                       •    Chinese NPI imports in H1 2020
                                                                            up by 140%y-o-y

                                                                   China: Monthly imports of ferronickel (kt gross)
                                                                 400
                                                                 300
                                                                 200
                                                                 100

                                                                   0






                                                                                        Indonesia     Rest of World
   680   681   682   683   684   685   686   687   688   689   690