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Daily Nickel/Stainless Steel Briefing
- Nickel closed Friday's tradingsession at $8.04/lb ($17,730/tonne). Indicators at 6:00 am CST today shownickel trading around $.07/lb higher. Stockpiles of nickel stored in LME licensed warehouses fellslightly on Friday and started the month just under the 248,900 tonnelevel. Nickel is trading higher this morning, while the U.S. Dollar istrading higher as well. China's week long New Year holiday starts nextMonday. Mine Mill 598 announced this morning its negotiators hadreached a tentative agreement with Glencore in Sudbury overnight. Wewelcome back long time supporter Duraloy as sponsoring February withthe top banner and ELG with a side banner. ELG sponsored a side bannerall year, so they are permanent fixture for 2021. We thank both of oursponsors and invite you to visit their sites and see if they offerservices you can use. We still have some months available for the endof the year of you are interested in sponsoring a month. It's a newday, week and month. And a short month as well. So with only sevenweeks left in winter (north of the equator), it's time to startplanting seeds for spring. Cold calls can be unenjoyable for most, butrejection is rarely personal. So however you choice to contactpotential clients, February is a good month to make the first move. Andgood luck to you. Remember. There are those who seem to have been bornwith the 'gift', and who can step into mud and come out clean. The restof us have to work at it. Put in the effort and you 'will' accomplishyour goals. Stay safe out there and have a great day, week, and month!
- Average price of LME traded cash nickelso far this month- $8.10/lb (average January)
- LME nickel chart - here / Euro/US Dollar chart - here
Reports
- Reuters metals morning - Doubts about China demand weigh on copper - more
- Refinitiv Inside Commodities - pdf here
- ING The Commodities Feed - daily here
- SMM Evening Comments - here
- Barchart 304 Stainless Steel Scrap Index - $.3887/lb
- SHFE Stainless Steel Futures - 14,360
- US State Coincident Indexes - pdf here
- Industrial Distribution - online here
- University of Michigan: Consumer Sentiment - more
- NAB US Economic Update – January 2021 - more
- Global Manufacturing PMIs - pdf here
- U.S. Industrial Production - pdf here
- U.S. Imports For Consumption Of Stainless Steel Products - more
Why Stainless Steel
- Alloyed for Lasting Value video - here
- Self Repairing for Lasting Value video - here
- 100 Years of Stainless Steel Video - here
- Stainless steel: The role of nickel - here
- The Life of Nickel - pdf here
Friday's market review - Copper under pressure from higherdollar, stocks support - Copper prices came under pressure onFriday from profit-taking on long positions triggered by the higherdollar and concern about demand in top consumer China, but historicallylow stocks helped limit losses. - more
Chinese stainless steel price may further increase before Chinese NewYear - The price of stainless steel 400 series in China has skyrocketedrecently. Due to steel mills' price-up, stainless 410 and 420 in theWuxi market rose by as much as RMB 1,000/ton in a week. - more
- Chinese stainless steel price may further increase before Chinese New Year - more
Steel mills have unique challenges, vulnerabilities to cyberattacks -Historically, critical infrastructure systems like steel mills have haddistinct vulnerabilities due to being purpose-built systems, designedto run with very little variation, according to Mark Fabro, presidentand chief security scientist at Lofty Perch, a consulting firm focusedspecifically on operational technology and industrial controls systemsfor cybersecurity. - more
Distributor Pandemic Index Holds in Low Growth - Thetwo newest indexes indicate that the three straight weeks of highreadings between late December and early January were largelyholiday-driven. - more
Other News
- Reuters The Day Ahead - pdf here
- BHP and Vale’s Samarco hit with nearly $ 1 billion suit - more
- Made in China 2025 Industrial Policies - 2020 Congressional briefing pdf here
- Global Stocks Rally; Silver Jumps to 2013 High: Markets Wrap - more
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- Yesterday'sLME official prices here
- Shanghai Jinchuan nickel price - here
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