Salient Statistics—United States:
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 e |
Production: |
|
|
|
|
|
Mine |
22,100 |
17,600 |
13,500 |
16,700 |
18,000 |
Refinery, byproduct |
W |
W |
W |
W |
W |
Imports: |
|
|
|
|
|
Ores and concentrates |
64 |
3 |
4 |
95 |
24 |
Primary |
150,000 |
144,000 |
119,000 |
105,000 |
110,000 |
Secondary |
38,100 |
45,100 |
37,700 |
31,800 |
35,000 |
Exports: |
|
|
|
|
|
Ores and concentrates |
20,000 |
18,000 |
14,300 |
13,400 |
15,000 |
Primary |
11,000 |
9,780 |
12,800 |
11,300 |
10,000 |
Secondary |
51,500 |
59,400 |
47,800 |
34,100 |
29,000 |
Consumption: |
|
|
|
|
|
Reported, primary |
105,000 |
107,000 |
105,000 |
e84,000 |
82,000 |
Reported, secondary, purchased scrap |
133,000 |
123,000 |
111,000 |
e99,000 |
110,000 |
Apparent, primary1 |
140,000 |
136,000 |
106,000 |
94,100 |
100,000 |
Apparent, total2 |
273,000 |
259,000 |
217,000 |
e190,000 |
210,000 |
Price, average annual, London Metal Exchange (LME), cash: |
|
|
|
|
|
Dollars per metric ton |
10,403 |
13,114 |
13,903 |
13,772 |
18,000 |
Dollars per pound |
4.719 |
5.948 |
6.306 |
6.25 |
8.3 |
Stocks, yearend: |
|
|
|
|
|
Consumer
|
14,600 |
16,300 |
13,400 |
13,000 |
13,000 |
LME U.S. warehouses |
3,780 |
2,268 |
1,974 |
1,734 |
1,500 |
Net import reliance3 as a percentage of total apparent consumption |
51 |
52 |
49 |
49 |
48 |
Tariff: Item
|
Number
|
Normal Trade Relations 12–31–21
|
Nickel ores and concentrates, nickel content |
2604.00.0040 |
Free. |
Ferronickel |
7202.60.0000 |
Free.
|
Unwrought nickel, not alloyed |
7502.10.0000 |
Free.
|
Nickel waste and scrap |
7503.00.0000 |
Free.
|
Nickel powders |
7504.00.0010 |
Free.
|
Nickel flakes |
7504.00.0050 |
Free.
|
|
|
FY 2021
|
FY 2022
|
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Material
|
Inventory as of 9–30–21
|
Potential acquisitions
|
Potential disposals
|
Potential acquisitions
|
Potential disposals
|
Nickel alloys, gross weight
|
790 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Mine production |
Reserves5
|
|
|
2020 |
2021 |
|
United States |
16,700 |
18,000 |
6340,000 |
Australia |
169,000 |
160,000 |
721,000,000 |
Brazil |
77,100 |
100,000 |
16,000,000 |
Canada |
167,000 |
130,000 |
2,000,000 |
China |
120,000 |
120,000 |
2,800,000 |
Indonesia |
771,000 |
1,000,000 |
21,000,000 |
New Caledonia8 |
200,000 |
190,000 |
NA |
Philippines |
334,000 |
370,000 |
4,800,000 |
Russia |
283,000 |
250,000 |
7,500,000 |
Other countries |
373,000 |
410,000 |
20,000,000 |
World total (rounded) |
2,510,000 |
2,700,000 |
>95,000,000 |
- [Editor:Alakay]
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