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Nickel price trend on July 22nd

LME nickel price trend on July 21st

Japan's iron ore imports fell further in June, as domestic steel mills maintained output cuts under pressure from lower manufacturing sector demand because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sections prices have fallen as low as £430-440/t delivered, according to buy-side sources, despite rises in scrap and iron ore.

German imports will be 16-30pc down on the year in 2020, according to importers' association VDKI.

The electricity consumption of the manufacturing industry was 1666 billion kwh, a year-on-year decrease of 3.0%.

European coal imports inched up from April's three-decade low, but were still sharply down on the year in May.