Demand for nickel: in the application of stainless steel, the consumption of nickel is the largest, and two-thirds of the world's primary nickel ore is used to produce stainless steel. Nickel-containing stainless steel can not only resist the corrosion of atmosphere, steam and water, but also resist the corrosion of acid, alkali and salt, so it is widely used in chemical industry, metallurgy, construction and other industries, such as manufacturing containers, towers, tanks and pipelines that need to be welded in petrochemical, textile, light industry and nuclear energy industries. Manufacture corrosion-resistant and high-pressure equipment such as synthesis tower, washing tower, condensation tower and stripping tower in urea production. According to the different proportion of nickel, nickel-containing stainless steel is mainly divided into austenitic stainless steel, austenite-ferrite duplex stainless steel and precipitation hardening stainless steel. The final uses of nickel are: metal products 18%, electrical and electronic products 1 1%, engineering 28%, construction 10%, pipes 14%, transportation 14% and others 5.
In 20 17, China imported 4 10800 tons of nickel ore, up about 16% year-on-year, of which 320,600 tons were imported from the Philippines, down 4.65% year-on-year, accounting for 78.05%. Imports from Indonesia were 63 1 10,000 tons, a substantial year-on-year increase, accounting for15.37%; Imports from other countries accounted for 6.58%, accounting for 6.58%.
Influence of crude oil price on nickel price: The production cost of nickel-containing pig iron also changes with the change of nickel price. Due to the different business environments of enterprises, the bottom line level of nickel price that different enterprises can adapt to varies greatly. The production cost of iron protection mainly consists of three parts, one is nickel ore and freight, and the other is energy.
Analysis on the causes and influencing factors of nickel price rise and fall