Domestic High NPI Supply Appears Tight
14/01/19 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News Domestic high NPI output remained stable in December 2018. One large-scale NPI producer in Eastern China brought a 48,000 kVA furnace online in early December 2018, and is now generating output with the result of leveraging up overall domestic output for January. High-NPI imports from Indonesia…
China Produces 457 kt of NPI (in Ni) in 2018
11/01/19 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China produced 41.5 kt of NPI (in Ni) in December 2018, and total domestic NPI output reached 457 kt (in Ni) in 2018, up 7.92% on-year. High-NPI output for December 2018 edged up slightly by 0.11% on-month to 38.1 kt, chiefly thanks to Liaoning smelters resuming…
Largest Single RKEF Furnace in Operation at Linyi Xinhai
10/01/19 | Nickel
China Nonferrous Metals News China’s largest RKEF NPI furnace in terms of single-furnace volume has been put into operation in Shandong Linyi Xinhai New Materials. Shandong Linyi Xinhai has been designed with 12 NPI production lines (33 MVA each) for phase I and 8 NPI production lines (48 MVA each)…
Jinchuan’s 35 ktpy Ni Sulfate Project Passes Assessment
03/01/19 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News-20190103 SMM: Jinchuan’s 35 ktpy nickel sulfate project has passed expert assessment. Jinchuan is the largest producer of nickel and cobalt and nickel sulfate in China, and at present has 50 ktpy nickel sulfate capacity. With increasing demand for nickel sulfate in batteries, nickel-base materials are under…
