IM Heheng New Materials: Production of First NPI
16/07/21 | Nickel
Sohu News IM Heheng New Materials has two sets of 33,000 kVA NPI EFs in the East Industrial Zone of Naiman Banner, Tongliao, IM. It produced a first batch of NPI from a NPI EF this week, and plans to start the second NPI EF shortly. The company will be…
China Produces 39 kt of NPI In June
09/07/21 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China produced 39 kt (in Ni metal) of NPI in June 2021, up by 9.27% m-o-m, including 32.1 kt of high-NPI and 6.8 kt of low-NPI. SMM forecast domestic NPI output to increase by 9.04% m-o-m to 42.5 kt in July 2021, with 34.3 kt of…
Fujian Liande to Increase NPI Production
23/06/21 | Nickel
Asian Metal News Fujian Liande, a major NPI (10% Ni min grade) smelter in southern China, is set to restart a NPI production line and increase its NPI production to 15 kt in July, up by 4 kt from the current level. Designed with annual capacity of 288 ktpy, the…
Linyi Steel and New Material: Phase I NPI Project online in July
18/06/21 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News Phase 1 of Linyi Steel and New Material Investment’s NPI project comprises four RKEF NPI production lines. The first line generated some output on 16th June 2021 and the second is expected to come online in July 2021. Each production line will be capable of generating…
IM Heyi Increases NPI Production
21/05/21 | Nickel
Asian Metal News IM Heyi, a major NPI smelter (10% Ni) in IM, restarted one NPI production line in early May after completing maintenance begun in January 2021. According to an internal source, the company expects to increase its NPI output to 8 kt in May. The company has been…
Ni Laterite Import Agreement for Linyi, Shandong
20/05/21 | Nickel
Linyin Shandong Local News 17th May: Shandong Lianlong Logistics and Philippine Kenisaike reached an agreement regarding nickel laterite exports from the Philippines to Linyi Shandong. Kenisaike has two nickel laterite mines (CMDC and DINAGAT), in the Philippines, mainly producing nickel laterite of 0.9~1.8 Ni grade. The company has received a…
IM Heyi Restarts two NPI Lines after Maintenance
23/04/21 | Nickel
Asian Metal News IM Heyi, a major NPI smelter (10% Ni) in IM, is set to restart two production lines next week after completing maintenance. According to an internal source, the company expects to increase its NPI output by 4 kt in May after the restart. Designed with NPI production…
China Imports 1.77 mln t of Ni Laterite in March 2021
22/04/21 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: Shanghai imported 1.84 mln t (DMT and WMT combined) of nickel ore in March 2021, up 24.6% m-o-m and up 27.2% y-o-y. Of this figure, 1.77 mln t was nickel laterite and 68.7 kt was nickel sulfide. Nickel laterite imports from the Philippines was 1.67…
IM Naiman Jing’an: 18 NPI EFs to Come on Line in October
16/04/21 | Nickel
Tengxun News IM Naiman Jing’an Nonferrous Metal Co. Ltd. resumed operation in late February 2021. It is expected that all 18 NPI production lines will complete equipment installation work and come online in October 2021. Backed by total investment of RMB15 bln, the project is designed with 1.2 mtpy NPI,…
