Nickel ore shipments from the Philippines could be in trouble after a new president’s appointment of an anti-mining presence that could spell disaster for Chinese buyers.

LONDON (Scrap Register): Steel demand in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Viet Nam are expected to maintain a growth rate of 6% next year despite exposure to China’s steel exports, according to World Steel Association (worldsteel).

Market will eye US crude oil stocks and May existing home sales today.

SPOKANE (Scrap Monster):The latest Metals Balances Report for the first four months of the current year released by the World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS) indicates that Nickel market has ended in a small deficit during

EDGWARE (Scrap Monster): The global refined nickel market deficit widened to 10,100 tonnes in April this year, in comparison with the previous month, in accordance with the latest statistics released by the International nickel Study Group (INSG). The nickel d...

Steel, aluminum, cement, what will China flood the world with next?

[Ferro-Alloys.com]BHP Billiton announced to increase Nickel West investments, will vigorously develop high grade nickel mines and restart pending projects.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]= Supply is anticipated to be less than consumption due to continuing production curtailment =