[www.ferro-alloys.com] International Nickel Study Group’s published data on Thursday shows that global nickel supply in 2015 surpassed the market demand by 80700t while it was 117600t in last year. 2015 all-year nickel output was 1970000t with a decrease of 0.80 percent year over year, which is the first time to slip since 2008 economic crisis mainly thanks to lower nickel price. 2015 nickel market demand was about 1900000t with a decrease of 1.1 percent year over year when its stock increased by 6 percent to 441300t.

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