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Nickel futures dropped to $15,960, hitting a 5-week low amid ample supply. Indonesia, now producing over half of the world’s nickel, has significantly ramped up output in recent years, driving prices down and forcing closures of producers elsewhere.
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Base Metals Market Update: Aluminium, nickel, zinc drift lower in futures trade amid weak demand
Aluminium prices fell 10 paise at Rs 133.90 per kg on Wednesday as participants trimmed their positions amid a weak trend in spot market.
Zinc Prices Under Pressure; HKEX appoints Cha as Chairman; Vale’s Base Metals earnings grow 45.7% in Q1
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing has appointed local businesswoman and politician Laura Cha as its new chairman of the board, the exchange announced on Thursday. Vale’s base metals business posted a 45.7% increase in its core earnings in the first quarter of 2018 from a year earlier, helped primarily by the higher realized nickel prices during the period, the Brazilian diversified miner said on Wednesday.