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Jan
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Chinas nickel imports slump as Philippines struggles to pick up
China imported 47.72 million tonnes of nickel ore and concentrate in 2014, 33% less than in 2013 Customs data show. China’s stainless steel industry is struggling to change its supply structure in the wake of Indonesia’s blanket ban on unprocessed ore exports, Kallanish notes.
China’s imports from Indonesia fell -74.1% to 10.64 million tonnes during 2014, and in December they effectively stopped entirely. The Asean country had been the worl…
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