Nickel Ore Stocks at China Five Major Ports Drop Another 271,000 Tonnes

And… the inventories continue their drop… This has just been released this morning for last weeks stockpiles

I wonder how long before it hits a critical level… I read somewhere that they need to blend the Philippines ore with the Indonesian ore, and when the Indonesian stuff runs out they will need to purchase from LME stockpiles.

.As well as that, at some point there won’t be any for sale as the stockpile includes purchased stock that is on owned by a smelter



Nickel Ore Stocks at China Five Major Ports Drop Another 271,000 Tonnes

Mar 15, 2015 15:51 GMT Source:SMM ​

Tags: China nickel ore inventories
SHANGHAI, Mar. 15 (SMM) – Nickel ore inventories at the five major Chinese ports fell by 271,000 tonnes last week to 11.15 million tonnes, SMM's latest survey shows.
Although ore stocks at the Port of Lanshan continued growing, inventories at other ports either remained unchanged or declined due to a lack of new arrivals.
Nickel Ore Inventories at China’s Five Major Ports Unit: 1,000 tonnes

	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7
0	Date​	Tianjin​	Rizhao​	Lanshan​	Lianyungang​	Jingtang​	Total​
1	2015/3/6​	3680​	980​	1515​	4150​	1100​	11425​
2	2015/3/13​	3680​	970​	1604​	3800​	1100​	11154​
3	Change​	0​	-10​	89​	-350​	0​	-271​

Source: SMM