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Chinese Nickel pig iron price at all-time high

September 5, 2021 – Chinese Nickel pig iron (NPI) prices have climbed to a new high despite further production cuts for Chinese stainless steel mills in August and September 2021, which should further underline the shortage of NPI and nickel ore. ... China production restrictions on stainless steel mills. China continues to rely on output and ...

Top 10 nickel-producing countries in 2023

Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China produced 33.54 kt (in Ni metal) of NPI in December 2021, up by 8.06% m-o-m; China's total NPI production reached 408.7 kt (in …

The rise and rise of Indonesian HPAL – can it continue?

In 2022, Wood Mackenzie estimated that 1.5 Mt of nickel would come from Indonesia's NPI, matte and HPAL operations, accounting for around 47% of total global production. By the end of the decade this proportion is expected to expand to 55%.

Your Three Minutes In Indonesian Nickel: The Disruptions …

However, Indonesian producers predominantly trade against Shanghai's lower-grade nickel pig iron (NPI) benchmark for stainless steel production and are inherently less ... China's Tsingshan Holding, the world's biggest nickel producer, developed a method to turn NPI into nickel matte--a pure form of nickel that can be …

The New Product Introduction Process Guide

Introduction. Part 1 – The need for preparation work between product design and production launch. Part 2 – Overview of the NPI process, from product idea to production. Part 3 – How to find a good manufacturing …

The Nickel Production Methods from Laterites and the …

Eventually, the advantages of the R/K-E/F process led to its dispersion in China and Indonesia and resulted in an NPI production with 3–12% Ni. The NPI production in these two countries climbed from zero in 2000, to 1060 kt Ni in 2020 and also stainless-steel production from 5.5% to 67.2%, respectively, of the world's SS production.

Understanding The New Product Introduction (NPI) …

NPI Phase 7: Mass Production As soon as you start fully producing in mass, some elements can help improve production speed and quality, including the line arrangement and specific employee training. You may want to plan to provide factory workers with sufficient training if the product is different from what the factory usually …

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Production/Supply Chain Planner. ... An NPI program encompasses all the activities within an organisation to define, develop and launch a new or improved product. The product can be a tangible device - a car, mobile phone, instrument - or an intangible service. The NPI process can vary from one organisation to the next, and in some …

Understanding the New Product Introduction …

30-60 days after the first production run, evaluate how the NPI process went and make notes on areas of improvement for the next production run or NPI process. The last step in the New Product …

Indonesia ore ban to hit China nickel pig iron, stainless steel …

Mitchell, speaking at the China International Nickel and Cobalt Industry Forum in Yichang, sees China's NPI production also coming in at 500,000 tonnes next year, down 13% from an estimated ...

Guide to the New Product Introduction (NPI) process

NPI Phase 2: Industrialisation. The industrialisation phase is where all pre-production activities take place to enable low volume production ramp-up. The production facility will be ramping up in capability during this phase in preparation for the production kick-off. Designs are typically frozen at this point in readiness for start of …

China NPI Production at 28.4 kt

China produced 28.4 kt of NPI (in Ni metal) in April 2023, seeing actual NPI production at 243 kt, down by 4.7% m-o-m and down by 25% y-o-y. Despite improved …

Chinese NPI prices resume downtrend amid weak demand …

Fastmarkets' weekly price assessments for nickel pig iron, high-grade, NPI content 10-15%, spot, ddp China and nickel pig iron, high-grade NPI content 10-15%, …

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NPI Solutions – Suzhou, China. NPI Solutions Inc. opened its first wholly-owned US corporation in China on April 1st, 2008. NPI Cable Manufacturing Suzhou Co., Ltd. is located in the heart of the Suzhou Industrial Park approximately 2 hours from Shanghai. ... Not only that, but NPI Solutions Singapore provides the necessary leverage to ...

A breakthrough in China, another blow for Sudbury

Still, Mr. Lennon expects that NPI production in China could reach 200,000 tonnes of nickel this year, or about a third of Chinese demand. What could stop China's NPI boom? One threat is growing ...

Analysis:China, Indonesia face deeper output cuts to tackle …

Lennon estimated that NPI production costs are $10,000-$11,000 a ton and $12,000 a ton in Indonesia and China respectively, meaning it is very hard to make a profit.

A new threat to China's nickel pig iron producers? Andy …

CRU estimates, for example, that China's NPI production costs have fallen by a staggering 25 percent since the start of last year and that margins were still positive up until the start of this year.

High stainless steel output in China led to jump in imports …

China's NPI import at all-time high in 2023. China's high stainless steel production also caused import volumes of NPI and ferro-nickel to reach all-time highs in 2023, China's official customs data showed. The country imported 8.45 million tonnes of NPI and ferro-nickel in 2023, a 42.95% jump compared with 5.91 million tonnes in 2022.

China September NPI Production: 81.6 kt

Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China produced 31.5 kt of NPI (in Ni metal) in September 2022, up by 6.67% m-o-m and up by 2.53% y-o-y. The demand for NPI increased rapidly led by increasing orders from stainless steel mills in the wake of rising prices of stainless steel. High-NPI production rose to 24.6 kt, and […]

Oversupply continues to put pressure on NPI, MHP markets …

"We foresee the NPI surplus at some 200,000 tonnes for China in 2024," an NPI trader based in Shanghai said. "That's a huge number, and there's just no major uptick in stainless steel production in the market to digest this surplus." ... MHP prices are approaching production costs of $9,000-11,000 per tonne, according to sources ...

2022 Indonesian NPI Production Expected to Grow by 32

Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News Boosted by soaring demand from stainless steel producers in both China and Indonesia, NPI supply has been tight since Q2 2021. Indonesian's NPI production is expected to grow by 32% y-o-y to 1.16 mln t (in Ni metal) in 2022, and global NPI production is expected to increase by 18.2% y-o-y.

China; some good news and some not-so-good news for …

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Indonesia and China killed the nickel market

In a recent article, Reuters notes that Indonesian nickel, in the form of nickel pig iron (NPI) has been used to feed China's stainless steel industry, and continues to do so; NPI remains the ...

iPhone 15 production enters first phase, with initial trial

iPhone 15 production – NPI stage. ... Co.) is the company's primary iPhone assembler, and is expected to receive the bulk of iPhone 15 orders in both China and India.

China September NPI Production: 81.6 kt

Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China produced 31.5 kt of NPI (in Ni metal) in September 2022, up by 6.67% m-o-m and up by 2.53% y-o-y. The demand for …

ANALYSIS-China, Indonesia face deeper output cuts to …

China and Indonesia are set to reduce nickel output by at least 100,000 metric tons this year as ... Lennon estimated that NPI production costs are $10,000-$11,000 a ton and $12,000 a ton in ...

Chinese NPI prices continue to slide on increased supplies …

Fastmarkets' assessed price for stainless steel cold-rolled coil 2mm grade 304 domestic, ex-whs China at 16,300-16,500 yuan per tonne on Wednesday March 8. NPI makers suspend production on high input costs. NPI makers under downward price pressure, meanwhile, have decided to suspend production, market participants said.

China's refined nickel trade signals new production trends

Most of that material is ultimately destined for China's huge stainless steel sector and NPI remains the largest-volume category of trade between the two countries, growing by another 47% to 7.92 ...

Chinese Nickel pig iron price at all-time high

Analyzing the (NPI) New Product Introduction Process & its …

A typical NPI process, broken down into 6 phases: Document specifications & requirements, Feasibility study / Proof of Concept, Prototyping, Tooling, Pilot run & pre-production, Production. Does every product type need to follow such a process? Why NOT to rush into production. Adding NPI process steps to the manufacturing agreement.